The Oshawa Times, 10 May 1961, p. 20

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- -- 20 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, Mey 10, 1961 Australia Walls 'Dingoes Back By HAROLD TILLEY Press Correspondent|North. A couple of months ago BRISBANE (CP) -- A couple|Australia completed a wall of, of thousand years ago China steel 3,500 miles long not to keep unt a wall 1500 n miles long to raiders out but to keep them in. The raiders are dingoes, wild Australian dogs, which ravage sheep flocks and cattle herds, robbing graziers and pastoral- ists of stock worth an estimated $2,500,000 a year. To fence them in so that they could be subjected to systema- tic destruction, governments of three states--Queensland, New South Wales and South Aus- tralia -- combined to spend $1,250,000 on the longest and Jrighiest steel mesh fence ever t. It encloses 300,000 of Queens- land's 670,500 square miles of, territory. It runs north from Hungerford on the New South Wales border to 100 miles be- yond Cloncurry below the Gulf of Carpentaria, back to New South Wales to link with 1,350 miles of similar fencing along the border and into South Aus- tralia towards the Great Aus- tralian Bight. Within the enclosure of the recently - completed Queens- land section are an estimated 20,000,000 sheep and 600,000 head of cattle. known also as the warrigal, guesswork. His total num! are not known and his move- ments over a vast tract of coun- try are uncertain. With the completion of the fence it will be possible to determine popu- lation figures and regulate movement. One thing known about him is that he is a killer with an insatiable lust for slaughter for slaughter's sake. The dingo dis- plays an intelligence, cunning, tenacity and team work of high order. To counter the stratagems of man with poison, dogs, guns and traps of many kinds, the dingo shows great resource. Origin of the dingo is uncer- tain. For some characteristics he is likened to the wolf; for others, to the Indian wild dog. alof his makeup the dingo's de- At the puppy stage is an ingra- tiating beast and many have been domesticated. But domes- tication means contact with homesteads and poultry and no one has been able to breed out sire to kill every bird within range, A CHEAT Sheep and lambs are easy victims at any time but calves and young cattle do not fall such easy prey because of de- fensive action by herds. To make things easy and eli- indulges in spurious fraterniza- tion, mixing with herds until cows become accustomed to his presence, then hauling down the isolated and unwary. They will follow drovers for weeks to pick off animals that become detached from the main herd. Sixty per cent of sheep losses in Queensland totalling 600,000 head in 11 years were credited to the 0. In one year, the Queensland government paid more than $100,000 in bounties ranging from $1 to $10 a scalp. minate risk to himself the dingo The longer dingoes evade cap- ture or be- comes the aonb on a One albino known as Old brought $450 to his AS Suny , ARCTIC SAFARI COPENHAGEN (Reuters)-- Parties to hunt reindeer in the wilds of Greenland will be ar- ranged this year, for the first time, The hunters, 10 in each expedition, will live in tents and eat reindeer meat roasted over an open fire, at a cost of about $585 for 10 days. MAY PRICES EFFECTIVE WHITE SEEDLESS ® YOU JUST CAN'T FIND FRESHER PRODUCE eo EMPLOYEES' DISCOUNT SPECIAL | LUSCIOUS TROPICAL FRUIT | TANGY SWEET | JUMBO SIZE! FRESH PINEAPPLES - EMPLOYEES' DISCOUNT SPECIAL | NEW CROP FROM CALIFORNIAI LOADED WITH VITAMIN "C" VALENCIA VARIETY | SUNKIST ORANGES -- EMPLOYEES' DISCOUNT SPECIAL | DIRECT FROM SUNNY CALIFORNIA | LARGE LUSCIOUS | A REAL TREAT! 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