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Victoria protects the Dingo
Australia's Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) has for many years been hunted, trapped and poisoned across the country.
Pure-bred dingos are now rare. Blood lines are diluted through breeding with domestic dogs and the destructive behaviour of cross-bred animals adds to the bad reputation of the dingo itself. Eighty percent of the dingoes that remain in Victoria are hybrids, and pure dingoes exist in only two remote, mountainous areas.
Ironically, many people argue that the dingo has a role in protecting Australian wildlife. There are many anecdotal reports of thriving populations of vulnerable species like wallabies and malleefowl coexisting with dingos. On the other hand, those same species have usually disappeared from areas where dingos no longer exist ... 
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