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Dogs in Australia: What is a dingo?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Published
Fri 13 Jun 2025
Episode Link
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/what-the-duck/dogs-australia-dingo-wild-genetics-dna/105364344

This is the story of the domesticated animal that feralised itself.

Where did dingoes come from and when?

Where does a wild dog stop and a dingo begin?

How much can genetics really tell us about Australia's only native dog — and how long do you have to live somewhere to be 'native'?

Featuring:
Professor Clive Wynne, animal psychologist, Arizona State University
Dr Angela Perri, zooarchaeologist, Chronicle Heritage
Kelly Ann Blake, Wadawurrung woman, and Jack the Dingo
Professor Greger Larson, evolutionary genomics at the University of Oxford
Professor Euan Ritchie, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at Deakin University

Production:
Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer
Nat Tencic, Producer
Rebecca McLaren, Producer
Jacinta Bowler, Producer
Petria Ladgrove, Executive Producer

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