Ozwolf Dingo Foundation Inc.

Aim The protection and preservation of Dingoes, with particular attention to the Alpine Dingoes of Victoria, Australia. Mission Our mission is to raise happy, healthy genetically pure Dingoes to preserve the protected Dingo species. We also aim to heighten the awareness and compassion toward Dingoes worldwide. Overview Ozwolf Dingo Foundation supports the preservation of the dingo which is currently listed as a protected species. We aim to encourage education about dingoes to the public and raise support for this critical Australian animal. We are involved in creating a positive public image for dingoes, raising pups by hand to encourage the friendly and intelligent nature that not many people ever see. General Information Currently Ozwolf Dingo Foundation comprises of three dingoes, one male and two females. We currently maintain two dingo enclosures. In the future O.D.F. plans to live stream footage from the dingo enclosures on our website as well as putting videos and clips on YouTube. Based in Melbourne, Victoria

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Fantastic News

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Predation by wild dogs including dingoes, feral dogs and their hybrids is seriously damaging state and regional economies.

This newspaper item states there is now time for public comment on national dog management plan which includes sanctioned murdering of our dingoes.

It is really important that everyone comments on the wool producers website that the dingo needs to be left alone and only wild domestic dogs be targeted.  Could all people who read this please comment, enough comments mean action should be taken on behalf of all our dingoes.

Thank you.

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No feral cat increase from Dingo baiting

Baiting dingoes in pastoral regions might be beneficial for rangeland life, a new study says.

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Today the President of the National Dingo Preservation and Recovery Program NDPRP Jennifer Parkhurst labelled the Queensland governments recently conducted review of the Fraser Island Dingo Management Strategy a bitter disappointment | News Article

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Hi Guys, I have been visiting my friends at the Dingo Discovery Centre. Snapple is my dingo friend in the picture. We had a great time there. Love Rowdy xxx

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Gypy Rose, Ozwolf volunteer and radio presenter on UGFM - in her element with a handful of 5 week old mischief!

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From the Big Desert

WILD DOG AND DINGO RESEARCH IN THE BIG DESERT EUAN Ritchie just arrived home from one of HIS new favorite places, Victoria’s Big Desert / Wyperfeld region.  The Wyperfeld region is located in the north-western corner of Victoria and is home to a chain of lake beds connected by Outlet creek. The lakes only fill when the Wimmera River over-supplies Lake Hindmarsh to the south of Lake Albacutya.  "The Big Desert / Wyperfeld system is vast and stunning!" said Mr. Ritchie. "My reason for visiting this region recently was not to look at reptiles or admire the floristic diversity, but rather to examine other curious inhabitants of the region. Predators and herbivores, in particular dingoes/wild dogs and foxes, and kangaroos and goats, respectively." Mr. Ritchie's aim is to examine what areas of the landscape dogs are using and whether this in turn affects the distribution and abundance of kangaroos and goats. This is important work, as the dog population in this part of Victoria is unlikely to consist of ‘pure’ dingoes, and we know little about what ‘wild dogs’ do. The question is: what ecological function do these dogs perform?

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Dingoes to delight

BARGO Dingo Sanctuary volunteers have been howling for the opening of the sanctuary's gates for six years and the state government has finally listened.

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More can be read about it here

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Dingoes seek winter dinner

DINGOES have been spotted at Hawks Nest and Winda Woppa and they have one thing on their minds - food.

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Article in the Hervey Bay IndependentArticle in the Hervey Bay Independent

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Dingo pups finding their feet.

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A thank you and a message from Bob Irwin and the Animal Coalition which the Ochre Project is proudly a part of. Ozwolf support The Ochre Project too!

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It's a little-known fact that almost 200 years after European settlers first arrived on this continent, some remote Aboriginal tribes remained out of touch with the modern world as late as the 1960s.

A recently-discovered film, shot in Western Australia in 1964, actually captures the moment of first contact with one Aboriginal desert clan. The clan was living completely off the land, but there were no men left in the tribe, only women and children. The future of the clan was bleak. A film was made from the footage taken, one interesting part was the connection between the clan and their Dingoes. It's quite moving and the whole film is fascinating and worth a watch.  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, this film may contain images of people now deceased.  Link to watch 'Contact':http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/program/39625

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