A study by University of New South Wales Sydney shows the majority of wild dog populations in Australia are actually Dingoes.
The study published in Australian Mammalogy collected DNA results from over 5000 wild canines across the country. It found ninety nine percent of those tested were either pure dingoes or Dingo dominant hybrids.
The research calls into question lethal measures to control wild dog populations, which could be potentially harming native dingo populations.