QUT Centre for Justice member, Dr Katie Woolaston (pictured) provided media commentary following the recent dingo attack on K’gari (Fraser Island).
Dr Woolaston, who studied the K’gari dingo problem for her PhD on human-wildlife conflict, said current dingo management actions were not working and dangerous attacks were increasing. She said more research was needed into potential solutions.
There are alternative dingo management options that are often discounted because they do not fit within what we consider to be a ‘natural heritage area’. Some of those alternative options that have been raised by others include feeding stations and pup training. Whether or not they are a viable idea and an effective option remains to be seen, mostly because we don’t fund research into these type of options because of our understanding of ‘naturalness’. Essentially, we impose a standard on the dingo, without considering what they need from us.
Listen to Katie on ABC Radio here
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Katie Woolaston is an inter-disciplinary researcher, lawyer and Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at QUT. She holds a Masters in Law (specialising in Human Rights & Social Justice) from the University of New South Wales, and a PhD in Environmental Law from Griffith University. Dr Woolaston’s research is focused on international and domestic wildlife law and the regulation of the human-wildlife relationship.
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