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Drugs for dingoes
The dingo arrived in Australia about 10,000 years ago. Now the animal is endangered in its purebred form — and Bayer Australia is supporting conservationists in their efforts to save the dingo by donating medicines.
For decades, the dingo was considered by Australia's farmers to be mainly a threat to their sheep flocks. It was hunted mercilessly, and the government even offered rewards to those who shot the animals — until animal rights activists awakened the island continent's interest in the wild dogs. Today there are very few purebred dingoes. Those in the wild are mostly the result of cross-breeding with stray domestic dogs. This makes the conservation of the last "real" dingoes in wildlife refuges all the more important.
In the Merigal Dingo Refuge, donations from Bayer have enabled the animals to be treated with the medicines Advantage and Drontal. This prevents the dingoes from becoming infested with fleas and worms and ultimately keeps them free from disease.
For decades, the dingo was considered by Australia's farmers to be mainly a threat to their sheep flocks. It was hunted mercilessly, and the government even offered rewards to those who shot the animals — until animal rights activists awakened the island continent's interest in the wild dogs. Today there are very few purebred dingoes. Those in the wild are mostly the result of cross-breeding with stray domestic dogs. This makes the conservation of the last "real" dingoes in wildlife refuges all the more important.
In the Merigal Dingo Refuge, donations from Bayer have enabled the animals to be treated with the medicines Advantage and Drontal. This prevents the dingoes from becoming infested with fleas and worms and ultimately keeps them free from disease.
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