Editing Dingo (section)

==Legal status==
[[File:dingoinazoo.jpg|thumb|Dingo in a [[Maryland]] zoo]]
The dingo is recognised as a [[Native species|native animal]] under the laws of all Australian jurisdictions. Australia has over 500 national parks of which all but six are managed by the [[States and territories of Australia|states and territories]].<ref name=austgov2017/> {{as of|2017}}, the legal status of the dingo varies between these jurisdictions and in some instances it varies between different regions of a single jurisdiction. {{As of|2008}} some of these jurisdictions classify dingoes as an [[Invasive species|invasive]] native.<ref name="defpure" />
* [[Australian government]]: Section 528 of the [[Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999]] defines a native species as one that was present in Australia before the year 1400. The dingo is protected in all Australian government managed national parks and reserves, [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage Areas]], and other protected areas.
* [[Australian Capital Territory]]: The dingo is listed as a "pest animal" outside national parks and reserves in the Pest Plants and Animals (Pest Animals) Declaration 2016 (No 1) made under the Pest Plants and Animals Act 2005, which calls for a management plan for pest animals. The Nature Conservation Act 2014 protects native animals in national parks and reserves but excludes this protection to "pest animals" declared under the Pest Plants and Animals Act 2005.
* [[New South Wales]]: The dingo falls under the definition of "wildlife" under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 however it also becomes "unprotected fauna" under Schedule 11 of the act. The Wild Dog Destruction Act (1921) applies only to the [[Western Division (New South Wales)|western division]] of the state and includes the dingo in its definition of "wild dogs". The act requires landowners to destroy any wild dogs on their property and any person owning a dingo or half-bred dingo without a permit faces a fine. In other parts of the state, dingoes can be kept as pets under the Companion Animals Act 1998 as a dingo is defined under this act as a "dog". The dingo has been proposed for listing under the Threatened Species Conservation Act because it is argued that these dogs had established populations before the arrival of Europeans, but no decision has been made.
* [[Northern Territory]]: The dingo is a "vertebrate that is indigenous to Australia" and therefore "protected wildlife" under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2014. A permit is required for all matters dealing with protected wildlife.
* [[Queensland]]: The dingo is listed as "least concern wildlife" in the Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006 under the [[Nature Conservation Act 1992]], therefore the dingo is protected in National Parks and conservation areas. The dingo is listed as a "pest" in the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Regulation 2003 under the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002, which requires land owners to take reasonable steps to keep their lands free of pests.
* [[South Australia]]: The [[National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972]] defines a protected animal as one that is indigenous to Australia but then lists the dingo as an "unprotected species" under Schedule 11. The purpose of the Dog Fence Act 1946 is to prevent wild dogs entering into the pastoral and agricultural areas south of the dog-proof fence. The dingo is listed as a "wild dog" under this act, and landowners are required to maintain the fence and destroy any wild dog within the vicinity of the fence by shooting, trapping or baiting. The dingo is listed as an "unprotected species" in the Natural Resources Management Act 2004, which allows landowners to lay baits "to control animals" on their land just north of the dog fence.
* [[Tasmania]]: Tasmania does not have a native dingo population. The dingo is listed as a "restricted animal" in the Nature Conservation Act 2002 and cannot be imported without a permit. Once imported into Tasmania, a dingo is listed as a dog under the Dog Control Act 2000. 
* [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]: The dingo is a "vertebrate taxon" that is "indigenous" to Australia and therefore "wildlife" under the Wildlife Act 1975, which protects wildlife. The act mandates that a permit is required to keep a dingo, and that this dingo must not be cross-bred with a dog. The act allows an order to be made to unprotect dingoes in certain areas of the state. The Order in Council made on the 28 September 2010 includes the far north-west of the state and all of the state north-east of Melbourne. It was made to protect stock on private land. The order allows dingoes to be trapped, shot or baited by any person on private land in these regions, while protecting the dingo on state-owned land.
* [[Western Australia]]: Dingoes are considered as "unprotected" native fauna under the [[Wildlife Conservation Act 1950|Western Australian Wildlife Conservation Act]]. The dingo is recorded as a "declared pest" on the Western Australian Organism List. This list records those species that have been declared as pests under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007, and these are regarded as pests across all of Western Australia. Landowners must take the prescribed measures to deal with declared pests on their land. The policy of the WA government is to promote eradication of dingoes in the livestock grazing areas but leave them undisturbed in the rest of the state.<ref name=wagov2017/>