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1 online resource (streaming video file) (23 min. 58 sec.) ; 144613501 bytes |
| Series |
Bushwhacked! ; Series 3, Episode 13 |
| Summary |
The Dingo, Australia's largest land predator, has been an integral part of the Fraser Island ecosystem for more than 4,000 years. As a result of Fraser Island's isolation, the resident dingo population - one of the last pure breed populations in Australia - has largely been protected from interbreeding or hybridisation with domestic dogs.Until recently dingoes were considered a sub-species of dog but recent analysis has revealed that the dingo is actually a distinctive species from dogs and wolves. Its scientific classification is called Canis dingo. This makes the population of wild dingoes on Fraser Island even more unique.But interbreeding with domestic dogs is one of the major threats to dingo populations, and the reason why dogs are banned from the island. The other major threat to dingoes are humans. Visitors to the island often feed or interfere with dingoes, which modifies their behaviour and puts both humans and dingoes at risk.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Mint Pictures, Series Producer Poppy Stockwell. Executive Producer Dan Goldberg |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-07-27 at 17:25:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Adventure and adventurers.
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Dingo.
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Dogs -- Behavior.
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Park rangers.
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Queensland -- Fraser Island.
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Streaming video
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Thrupp, Colin, director
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Ellis, Kamil, host
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Tremills, Kayne, host
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