At least 468 shot by government controllers last year out of an estimated population of as few as 2,640 in the state’s east, advocates say
Traditional owners and dingo advocates say a Victorian government decision extending the right to kill dingoes on private and public land until 2028 could threaten local populations with extinction., which took effect on Tuesday, declared dingoes were “unprotected wildlife” under the state’s Wildlife Act.
The Taungurung Land and Waters Council, traditional owners for Country covering much of central Victoria, were “deeply concerned” by the government’s support for the continued killing of dingo, known as yirrangan in Taungurung language. A spokesperson for Victoria’s environment department said it was “striking the right balance” between protecting vulnerable dingo populations and giving farmers the ability to protect livestock, and was providing an additional $2m investment into nonlethal dingo controls and population research.
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