Bibliograph

Dingo Bold, the life and death of K'gari dingoes, Rowena Lennox

Type

Label

Dingo Bold, the life and death of K'gari dingoes, Rowena Lennox

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dingo Bold

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Rowena Lennox

Series statement

Animal publics

Sub title

the life and death of K'gari dingoes

Summary

Dingo Bold is a thought-provoking exploration of the relationship between people and dingoes. At its heart is Rowena Lennox's encounter with a dingo on the beach on K'gari (Fraser Island), a young male she nicknames Bold. Struck by this experience, and by the intense, often polarised opinions expressed in public conversations about dingo conservation and control, she sets out to understand the complex relationship between humans and dingoes. Weaving together ecological data, interviews with people connected personally and professionally with K'gari's dingoes, and Lennox's expansive reading of literary, historical and scientific accounts, Dingo Bold considers what we know about the history of relations between dingoes and humans, and what preconceptions shape our attitudes today. Do we see dingoes as native wildlife or feral dogs? Wild or domesticated animals? A tourist attraction or a threat? And how do our answers to these questions shape our interactions with them? Dingo Bold is both a moving memoir of love and loss through Lennox's observations of the natural world and an important contribution to wider conversations about conservation and animal welfare

Target audience

adult

Creator