The Dingo's Fate

[mig39]

> Remarkably, the longest fence in the world was built and is maintained for a single purpose: to protect Australia’s pastoral heartlands from the depredations of a canine.

I thought it was built to keep rabbits out?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-proof_fence

[bacheaul]

Looks like that's a different, though equally impressive fence... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo_Fence

[EdwardDiego]

There's an amazing yet heart-breaking film by the same name.

[nineteen999]

You are thinking of the Great Wall of China.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0KGvMgRE5k

[throwaway422432]

The exclusion fence has unfortunately suffered extensive damage in the Western Queensland flooding this week, and will likely result in wild dog incursions in multiple places.

[sien]

There is an excellent book about this. 'The New Wild' by Fred Pearce is well worth a read.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22716462-the-new-wild

We shouldn't introduce species deliberately in new places, but in many places species have taken off and should be accepted.

[dntbrsnbl]

To be honest, I don't think I buy this. I'm from NZ and we have a number of introduced species (possums, stoats) which have a dramatic impact on the native wildlife.

A lot of bird species in NZ are unique and only found here. They're almost all critically endangered or at risk [1], as they evolved with no natural predators.

I'd rather we try and control these introduced species so we can keep (at least some of) our native birds.

[1]: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/conservation-status/threatene...