​Devastating fires have recently burnt an estimated almost 60,000 hectares of Wilkerr habitat, overlapping areas where their family groups (packs) are known to occur. Such a large area of habitat destroyed in such a short amount of time is likely to have negatively impacted the fewer than 100 adult Wilkerr we estimate still survive in this region. These fires may also mean some Wilkerr move onto nearby agricultural land, seeking water and shelter, potentially increasing conflict with livestock grazing, a situation we want to avoid.

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Based on the location of fires, we anticipate that many of our cameras and associated monitoring equipment have been destroyed.

 

We therefore urgently and kindly ask for your generous donations to help support us to:

 

• Scale up our field-based surveys to assess the Wilkerr population, post-fire, when it is safe to access the area.

• Recover our cameras and replace any destroyed cameras and equipment.

• Analyse camera data to assess the impacts of the fire on the population and help guide post-fire conservation and management action.

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Please donate at https://engage.deakin.edu.au/dingofirerecovery and/or share this link with your networks to help us monitor and conserve Victoria’s iconic Wilkerr.

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All donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.

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We and the Wilkerr thank you!