If the passionate few are serious about protecting dingoes , then the suggestion that the Indigenous community be given jurisdiction over the protection of the species Canis lupus familiaris , is comical at the most and naive in the worst .
This is not to say that the current situation is a positive for the species. Trying to manage the welfare of a key predator in a National Park , which unfortunately has as its neighbor some freehold ownership by vocal locals , with no expertise , but large amounts of self interest , is a political mine field . 400,000 people a year and Dingoes do not mix well , the species will come off second best , due to the QPWS having to manage public safety , and biodiversity protection .
If the species could be listed under the EPBC 1999 as a MNES ( Matter of National Environmental Significance ) , as the Lungfish is , then maybe , just maybe , if the passionate few could raise $300k , then they could challenge the QPWS in the Federal Court , arguing that the MNES is being ‘significantly impacted’ , by a proponent ( QPWS) , carrying out and ‘action’ ( shooting, like flying foxes, and , the Federal Minster does not move the goal posts !
If this listing were to actually happen , sea level rise would be above the highest dune on the island, not that I stand in the way of peoples passionate ideals and or dreams .
So what morale and ethical responsibility should the economic community of the Fraser Coast and the State government be held accountable for ?. They both want the tourist cake which the species creates, but not the melodramas which go with saturation visitation.
Two simple choices could be made: 1 . Visitation is slashed by 90% 2. The species is translocated to National Parks on mainland QLD , where the agricultural industry has decimated the pre existing packs , resulting in a macropod exponential growth problem . IE : Kill all the big cats in the African savannahs in the documentaries we watch , and see how quickly the ovine and bovine herds starve to death and the populations crash .
The following is the section of the Nature Conservation Act 1994 regulation, which condemns the species to , ‘ no lawfull protection ‘ , under the legislation . SCHEDULE 5 4 Mammals (1) A common mammal is a mammal indigenous to Australia other than— (a) a presumed extinct, endangered, vulnerable or rare mammal; or (b) a dingo (Canis familiaris dingo). Vis , all mammals common to QLD which have the scientific designation of ‘presumed extinct , endangered , rare or vulnerable’, are protected under the NCA 1994 regulation , Dingoes?, no . DINGO PROTECTION ON THE MAINLAND http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/dpi/hs.xsl/4790_8278_ENA_HTML.htm
If the passionate ‘dingo huggers’ are all serious and care, then lobby Mr Elmes , and Shadow dingo protector, to have this legislation revoked. If the Dingo huggers are serious and care, then they should lobby Glen Elmes , member for Noosa and Shadow dingo protector, and Ted Sorrensen , the member for Hervey Bay to have this legislation revoked , it is thier LNP agricultural constituency , which want the species banished from the mainland . ‘We love dingoes the LNP policy states ‘, ;’ as long as they are on Fraser Island and the white pointers scoff them if and when they try to swim back ‘! Its also about time to dispel the myth created by the agricultural lobby , that Harold Holt was taken by a dingo with an aqualung.
