OUR DINGOES

Careful selection over many years has ensured a genetically diverse, pure dingo gene pool collection at the Sanctuary. Dingoes are either wild-born or captive-bred, ranging from all parts of Australia. Since DNA testing became available in 1994, all of the breeding lines at the Sanctuary have been subjected to molecular examination, which has been carried out by world-renowned molecular biologist, Professor Alan Wilton, at the University of NSW. The Dingo Discovery Sanctuary and Research Centre now houses the largest number of pure, unrelated dingo bloodlines in the world.

Not only are our dingoes pure, but also they are, for the most part, tractable and socialised. We make a point of handling and socialising all puppies to better equip them for life in a captive environment. However, this in no way impairs their natural instincts nor “domesticates” the species, and we remain vigilant against any forms of natural weakness, which would be naturally selected against in the wild. That is why our policy is never to see the dingo as a “breed”, under the artificial selection processes of canine associations.

Whilst our colony consists of mostly the “alpine” dingo ecotype, and the mtDNA of all dingoes is virtually identical, we strive to keep all ecotypes, including “desert” and “tropical”, separate in our breeding program.

Alpine Dingoes

Alpine dingoes are found in high elevation areas of the Australian Alps along eastern Australia. They are mostly ginger in colour, whilst in forested areas the fur can be a darker tan to black. During late autumn the grow a second thicker coat for warmth which usually sheds by mid to late spring.

Acacia - Alpine Dingo

Acacia

Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Moko
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2020

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Aussie

Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Crikey
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2017

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Bandit - Alpine Dingo

Bandit

Age: Adult
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Koda
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2017

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Banxia - Alpine Dingo

Banxia

Age: Juvenile
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: N/A
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2020

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Barkala - Alpine Dingo

Barkala

Age: Juvenile
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Luca
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2020

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Bonnie - Alpine Dingo

Bonnie

Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Warpun
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2017

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Chubbah -Alpine Dingo

Chubbah

Age: Adult
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Mahla
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2018

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Clyde - Alpine Dingo

Clyde

Age: Adult
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Daisy
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2017

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Cooma - Alpine Dingo

Cooma

Age: Senior
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Beri
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2012

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Crikey - Alpine Dingo

Crikey

Age: Adult
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Aussie
Year of Arrival at Sanctuary: 2017

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Daisy - Alpine Dingo

Daisy

Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Partner: Clyde
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2015

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Delilah - Alpine Dingo

Delilah

Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Pumbah
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2017

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Dolly

Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Winkye
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2015

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Ebony - Alpine Dingo

Ebony

Age: Adult
Sex:
Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Black and Tan
Companion: Ooti
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2017

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Hermoine - Alpine Dingo

Hermione

Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Wandi
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2019

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Jirrikit - Alpine Dingo

Jirrikit

Age: Juvenile
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Marcia
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2021

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KeeKee - Alpine Dingo

KeeKee

Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: White/Cream
Companion: Simba
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2016

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Koda - Alpine Dingo

Koda

Age: Juvenile
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Black and Tan
Companion: Bandit
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2020

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Mahla - Alpine Dingo

Mahla

Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Chubbah
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2018

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Maliki - Alpine Dingo

Maliki

Age: Juvenile
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Black & Tan
Companion: Rio
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2021

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Marcia

Age: Juvenile
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Jirrikit
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2021

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Moko

Age: Juvenile
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Acacia
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2020

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Myrtle

Age: Juvenile
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Cream
Companion: Tanami
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2020

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Ooti - Alpine Dingo

Ooti

Age: Adult
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Ebony
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2018

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Polly - Alpine Dingo

Polly

Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: N/A
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2014

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Pumbah - Alpine Dingo

Pumbah

Age: Adult
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Delilah
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2017

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Sassafras - Alpine Dingo

Sassafras

Age: Juvenile
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Sooty
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2020

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Simba - Alpine Dingo

Simba

Age: Adult
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: KeeKee
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2016

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Sooty - Alpine Dingo

Sooty

Age: Juvenile
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Sable
Companion: Sassafras
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2020

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Wandi - Alpine Dingo

Wandi

Age: Adult
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger with a little sable
Companion: Hermione
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2019

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Waratah - Alpine Dingo

Waratah

Age: Juvenile
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: Ginger
Companion: Winta
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2020

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Warpun

Age: Juvenile
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Alpine
Colour: White-Ginger Pied
Companion: Bonnie
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2021

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Desert Dingoes

Desert dingoes are reddish, golden yellow, or sand colored with a compact body size and a fine coat. They are found broadly across Central Australia.

Beri

Age: Adult
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Desert
Colour: White / Cream
Companion: Cooma
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2011

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Winkye

Age: Adult
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Desert
Colour: Ginger
Partner: Dolly
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2013

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Winta - Desert Dingo

Winta

Age: Juvenile
Sex: Male
Type of Dingo: Desert
Colour: White/Cream
Companion: Waratah
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2020

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Tropical Dingoes

The Tropical dingo is located in the forests and wetlands across north and north-western Australia.  They have a finer stature, lack the double coat the other dingo types, and are generally ginger and creamy white in colour.

Kimmi

Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Type of Dingo: Tropical
Colour: Ginger
Colour: Tangle
Year of Arrival at the Sanctuary: 2014

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K’gari (Fraser Island) Dingoes

On Fraser Island, dingoes are normally a ginger or a golden sandy colour.