Dingo fence and community change-maker
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Dingoes are a type of wild dog and they've lived in Australia for thousands of years. About 70 years ago, a big chain fence was built across Australia to protect sheep from dingoes. The fence has been pretty good at protecting sheep, but it's also led to a few issues. In the areas with no dingoes, there are more feral cats and foxes than they like to hunt native animals. With no dingoes to keep kangaroo numbers down, there're more of those too. And that means less native plants and more woody shrubs growing in areas they really shouldn't be.
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