On 12/12/2014 11:00 PM, Kees van Eeten -> Lee Lofaso wrote:

 LL>> No mention is made about dingoes.

 LL>> CANIS LUPUS DINGO

 LL>> The five banned breeds of dogs in Australia must be neutered or spayed.
 LL>> But not dingoes.

 LL>> The five banned breeds of dogs in Australia must be muzzled when in
 LL>> public.  But not dingoes.

 LL>> The five banned breeds of dogs in Autralia must be able to recognize
 LL>> the red and yellow color.  But not dingoes.

 LL>> The five banned breeds of dogs in Australia must never be in public
 LL>> with anyone under the age of 18 years old.  But not dingoes.

 LL>> The five banned breeds of dogs in Australia must be kept at home
 LL>> in a secure enclosure and signs posted on property saying, "Warning,
 LL>> Dangerous Dog" - but not dingoes.

 LL>> Dingo - free-ranging dog in Australia.

 KvE>   Isn't that the answer to all your questions above.

It is. Very few people keep dingoes as pets - especially in urban areas where
most of our dog maulings have taken place.

I also question all of Lee's "the five banned breeds of dog.." statements. The
dog laws in Australia are all passed by local authorities (cities/towns/rural
authorities), they are not the same Australia wide.

Number three is a puzzle, aren't dogs colour blind?

The dingoes in Australia usually range wild out there in the bush well away
from human settlements. There is one exception to that, Fraser Island. Fraser
Island is a large sand Island off the coast of Queensland, 200 km north of
Brisbane. It is about 120km long and averages about 20km wide. It is almost
entirely National Park.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Island

A vehicular ferry transports visitors over there, but you need a 4WD off road
capable vehicle as there are no formed roads at all.

People camp on the island - especially those in to surf fishing which is
supposedly great over there. The campers have a tendency to toss food to the
local dingoes and those animals have lost their fear of humans. There are
reported to be coming into camps - even when people are there looking for food.
The will even come up to people of smaller stature (kids) looking for a hand
out. Quite a few kids have been bitten by these emboldened animals and a small
number mauled to death.

The Park Rangers hunt down those animals and terminate them.

Laws have been passed forbidding the feeding of the wild dogs on Fraser Island
but still people do it to impress their kids with how close they can lure the
wild animal into their camps. The kids are not usually impressed with the
maulings or early death.

I wonder if the residents of those countries that have wolves lure them into
their camps to be fed by their kids with food scraps.

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Regards
David

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