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Great Spirits Have Always Encountered Violent Opposition from Mediocre Minds’ Albert Einstein P a G E 2 National Dingo Preservation and Recovery Program NDPRP MAGAZINE Winter, 2016 Volume 4 Number 1 NDPRP brings together a small number of well-informed and experienced people who strive to intervene strategically, advocating for the dingo using environmental and ecological research Contact Secretary Ernest Healy: [email protected] President Ian Gunn: [email protected] Vice President Jennifer Parkhurst: [email protected] Secondary Story Headline Incorporation No. A0051763G ‘Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds’ Albert Einstein P a g e 2 Inside this Issue: President Report 3 Vic Priorities for 2016-17 4 NDPRP Activities/actions 2015-16 5 Joint letter to Minister—dingo reform 7 Victorian Ministerial meeting 9 Letter to Minister—Apex predator reform 10 Conference—Dingo meat to Asia 14 Feature Article—Blinded by Science 16 Pelorus Island—dingoes/goats 22 Marc Bekoff—Death Row Dingoes 24 Pelorus Island—UPDATE 26 The Inaugural NDPRP Excellence Award 28 Getting to know Simon 29 Bits and Pieces 30 Eagle’s Nest Wildlife Sanctuary 32 The Mt Buffalo dingo debate 34 Humane Society International 36 Fraser Island Report 40 AWPC—Kangaroos and Their Kin 48 Restoration of degraded woodland, SA 49 Membership form 50 Affiliate Organisations: Australian Dingo Conservation Association (NSW) Humane Society International (Aust) Save Fraser Island Dingoes (Qld) Gumbaya Park (Vic) Jennifer Parkhurst Australian Wildlife Protection Council (Vic) Compiled by Ernest Healy and Eagle’s Nest Wildlife Sanctuary Qld) Jennifer Parkhurst P a g e 3 President’s Report I wish to convey my thanks and appreciation to the support and commitment of all This story can fit 150our-200 words.members, to the Committee and especially so to the Vice President Jennifer Parkhurst and the Secretary Ernest Healy for achieving a successful year. One benefit of using your newsletter as a promo- tional tool is that you can reuse content from other marketing materials,Yes, such aas presslot ofreleases, frustration, market government stone walling and a general lack of government studies, and reports. support both in Victoria and in Queensland - very disappointing considering the While your main goal of distributing a newsletter might be to sell yourefforts product or service,of Jennifer the key to aand Ernest. successful newsletter is making it useful to your readers. The focus of the NDPRP has been directed towards preservation and management of A great way to add useful content to your newsletter is to develop and writethe your dingo own articles, on Fraser or include Island and in Victoria. The sad state of dingoes on Fraser Island a calendar of upcomingcontinues events or a special and offer recently that worsened with the targeted poisoning of 6 dingoes with what promotes a new product.is suspected to be 1080 baits. Investigations are continuing, but nothing will compen- You can also researchsate articles the or findloss “filler” of these articles dingoes. by accessing the World Wide Web. You can write about a variety of topics but try to keep your articles short. The 2015 newsletter produced and edited by Jennifer was not only a work of art, but Much of the contentalso you put extremely in your newsletter valuable can as a great means of communication to all members. Once also be used for your Web site. Microsoft Publisher offers a simple wayagain, to convert our your congratulationsnewsletter to a to Jennifer. Web publication. So, when you’re finished writing your newsletter, convert it to a Web site and post it. The recent introduction and release of the new bait and baiting system specifically targeted for wild dogs presents an extreme threat to dingoes in all areas where it will be introduced. There is no selection criteria for wild dogs so all canines will be threat- ened even though this bait does have an antidote (only if administered within half an hour of ingestion). I am afraid any antidote won’t offer any protection to dingoes. The support of the Humane Society International (Australia) through Michael Kenne- dy (Director) and Evan Quartermain, along with Dr Euan Richie from Deakin Universi- ty, have been extremely valuable in presentations to the Victorian Government and must be acknowledged. The newly elected Committee looks forward to a positive and successful year ahead in the fight to preserve the dingo. Dr Ian Gunn Secretary Dr Ernest Healy, Vice President Jennifer Parkhurst, President, Dr Ian Gunn P a g e 4 VICTORIAN PRIORITIES FOR 2016 –17 Prioritised dingo conservation reforms, proposed by National Dingo Preservation and Recovery Program, January 2016 Reform Priority Associated Actions Rewording of the FFG Act Dingo Action Statement; Delisting of hybrids within this range as 1 Broaden definition of dingo under FFG Act Very High 'Established Pest animals' under the CaLP Act; listing to include dingoes that test 75% pure These dingoes will become Wildlife under the and higher on the Wilton purity test Wildlife Act. Public land in Eastern Victoria not to be included 2 Cessation of control beyond 3 kilometers; Very High in 'wild dog' management zone planning in Strict application of the 3 kilometer buffer. consultation with land holders. Cessation of all control in the North Western 3 Very High Victoria - Little Desert and Big Desert Alteration of the Governor in Council Order. 4 Alteration of FFG Act Dingo Action Statement Very High Recommend outsourcing this to university to remove exclusive focus on gentic purity. environmental science expertise in dingo ecology Updating of FFG Act Dingo Action Statement literature review to reflect more recent research into the importance of dingoes 5 within ecosystems, including research Very High conducted in Victoria; greater recognition of research which highlights ecological Recommend outsourcing this to environmental importance of hybridised populations. science expertise in dingo ecology Establishment of Dingo conservation consultation group with relevant stakeholder representation, as advocated in the current 6 Dinbgo Action Statement; limit stakeholder High involvement to conservation organisation representatives and suitable environmental scientists Ministerial directive /Departmental decision Delisting of hybrids as 'Established Pest animals' 7 Governance of dingo hybrids less than 75% High under the CaLP Act; Declared as wildlife under the pure as wildlife Wildlife Act. Government incentives to land holders to undertyake such a transition; possibly a trial 8 Medium Transition to reliance upon non-lethal means period of financial compensation for verified of 'wild dog' control where practicable. sheep loss. Compulsary neutering of domestic dogs in Local government Areas and Shires 9 immediately adjacent to dingo public land Medium habitat; exceptions may include important breeding stock. Changes to Domestic Animals Act University researchers engaged to undertake research into the ecological viability of 10 Low Explore viability of reintroduction of Dingoes reintriduction; dingo FFG Act Action Statement to the Murray Sunset National Park altered to facilitate this. Trial of cessation of 'wild dog' control in 11 selected areas in Eastern Victoria to ascertain Low if predation of farm stock improves over time with the stabilisation of dingo pack structure. Ministerial/ Departmental policy decision Note: the prioritisation of proposed measures is not meant to be absolute, but to indicate what is important as of January 2016. P a g e 5 NDPRP Activities/Actions 2015—2016 The NDPRP Secretary Dr Ernest Healy organised and attended three substantial meetings with the Victorian Government’s Environment Minister’s threatened species advisor advocating reforms to dingo conservation in Victoria and for the establishment of a dingo conservation consultation group to work through a series of reforms. At one meeting, Dr Euan Ritchie from Deakin University attended and gave strong support to the proposed reforms. At another of the meetings, Evan Quartermain, Senior Program Manager from the Humane Socie- ty International attended the meeting, as did NDPRP Vice President Jennifer Parkhurst. By the end of the process the NDPRP lodged a summary of the reforms advocated along with strong supporting documentation from the HSI, The Wilderness Society, from geneticist Kylie Cairns and a strong joint letter of support from a number of significant environmental scientists (summary and letter at end of this report): Professor Chris Johnson Professor Chris Dickman Dr Euan Ritchie Dr Mike Letnic Dr Arian Wallach Dr Kylie Cairns Dr Bradley Smith Dr Ernest Healy, Jennifer Parkhurst, Jennifer, Ernest & Kari After some apparent initial stone- Evan Quartermain At Monash University walling by the bureaucracy, the Minister’s office arranged a meeting to discuss our proposed reforms. Details of this meeting at end of this report. The reforms relate to the very narrow definition of the dingo for the purposes of the dingo threatened species listing currently in place, where dingoes can be controlled (killed), and the possibility of ceasing control altogether in the north west of the state. The legality of broadening the definition of the dingo has also been a topic of discussion. The NDPRP has legal advice to ar- gue that a broadened definition is legal under the current legislation. NDPRP Assisted HSI with a Cultural Heritage Listing submission for the dingo in the Simpson De- sert region under the EPBC Act. The Dr Healy flew to Sydney to discuss the prospects of greater cooperation between the NDPRP and the HSI with dingo listing submissions under Federal EPBC Act provisions. Arian Wallach P a g e 6 NDPRP Activities/Actions 2015—2016 On 27 November 2015 Dr Healy travelled to Queensland to participation in a meeting with the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) to discuss the management of Fraser Island din- goes. The QPWS personnel gave a presentation, followed by three hours of questions by us, and in the end seemed to decide that no matter what we said, they were right and we were wrong. The NDPRP, through the Secretary, co-authored a critique of the current Fraser Island dingo man- agement strategy for publication in the Journal Pacific Conservation Biology.
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