Help us Protect Western Australia’s Dingoes.
A delegation of Cultural Custodians, conservationists and landholders are visiting Western Australian Parliament to urge policymakers to change Dingo policy.
Dingoes are vital apex predator - helping maintain healthy landscapes. They are also kin to many Cultural Custodians across the state.
Despite their ecological and cultural significance, Dingoes are classed as pests under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 and listed on the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pests) Declaration 2013. Consequentially Dingoes are targeted with widespread 1080 poison baiting and the use of strychnine poison-laced foothold traps.
We are calling on Western Australian decision-makers to;
Remove Dingoes as pests from biosecurity legislation.
End the widespread, Government-funded targeting of Dingoes with 1080 poison baiting and strychnine laced foothold traps.
For many mobs across south-west Western Australia, Dingoes have been eradicated from Country due to widespread government-sanctioned killing programs. This has caused deep spiritual and cultural harm to custodians who have lost the physical presence of their Countrymen. While the Dingo continues to live on in spirit, story, and Songlines, the loss of living populations on Country remains profoundly felt.
A Defend the Wild and Dingo Culture film: Moort Calling Dingo Back to Country.
In February 2025 Defend the Wild and Dingo Culture travelling to south-west Western Australia to film Moort and take part in a ranger knowledge exchange between Tjaalktraak, Girringun, Undalup, Nowanup Aboriginal Corporation and the Minyumai Rangers.
This exchange was the springboard for Defend the Wild and Dingo Culture’s Western Australian Dingo campaign. We are so thankful to all the Cultural Custodians across south-west Western Australia who welcomed us to their Country and shared their stories so generously. We are so appreciative of their trust on this project.
For many custodians across south-west Western Australia Moort means family, and that is what the dingo is to them - kin.
We are currently on tour with Moort: Calling Dingo Back to Country, screening it alongside Landholders for Dingoes short film Wooleen: Utilising Dingoes as a Management Tool. The screenings are followed by expert panels and audience Q&A’s. If you are interested in collaborating on a screening, please reach out to us through our contact form.
Learn more and find a screening to attend below.
An ecosystem made this campaign possible:
In loving memory of Judy Bayliss.
Keep learning about, and taking action for, Dingoes.
Learn more about Dingoes and the threats they face across the continent.
Learn more about the Dingoes important place in Aboriginal Culture.
Support the Minyumai rangers calls for an Inquiry into dingo management.
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