Pets and pests: a review of the contrasting economics and fortunes of dingoes and domestic dogs in Australia, and a proposed new funding scheme for non-lethal dingo management
Henry Brink A , Brad V. Purcell B , Mike Letnic C , Hugh S. Webster D , Robert G. Appleby E F and Neil R. Jordan
C G H
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A Arid Zone Research Institute, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia.
B Office of Environment and Heritage, 48–52 Wingewarra Street, Dubbo, NSW 2830, Australia.
C Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales (UNSW), NSW 2052, Australia.
D Evolution, Behaviour and Environment, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RH, UK.
E Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Qld 4111, Australia.
F Wild Spy, 33 Mongabarra Street, Bracken Ridge, Qld 4017, Australia.
G Taronga Conservation Society Australia, Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Wildlife Reproduction Centre, Obley Road, Dubbo, NSW 2830, Australia.
H Corresponding author. Email: neil.jordan@unsw.edu.au
Wildlife Research 46(5) 365-377 https://doi.org/10.1071/WR19030
Submitted: 2 March 2018 Accepted: 15 May 2019 Published: 18 July 2019
Journal Compilation © CSIRO 2019 Open Access CC BY-NC-ND
Abstract
Carnivore conservation and management is complex and expensive, and significant ongoing management costs may inhibit the development of new tools and any subsequent transition away from lethal control. We review and compare the economic costs and benefits of dingoes and domestic dogs in Australia and suggest that public affinity for domestic dogs may be co-opted into yielding more positive management outcomes for dingoes. Whereas Australians spend over AU$10 billion annually on purchasing and maintaining 4.2 million domestic dogs, landowners and government spend at least AU$30 million attempting to limit the density and distribution of dingoes, feral dogs, and their hybrids. These contrasting investments highlight the dual response of society towards domestic and wild members of the Canis genus. We suggest that a modest conservation levy on the sale of pet dogs or dog food, or both, could secure long-term funding to support efficacious non-lethal management of dingo impacts. A modest levy could generate AU$30 million annually, funding the development of non-lethal dingo-management tools without compromising existing management practices while new tools are investigated. Ultimately, a transition away from controlling dingoes through culling or exclusion fencing, to managing the negative impacts of dingoes could result in both more successful and sustainable management outcomes of dingoes and support the ecological, cultural and economic benefits they confer as Australia’s apex predator.
Additional keywords: carnivore, conservation, human–wildlife conflict.
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