A Pardon for the Dingo (Click to read or download).
The dingo (Canis lupus dingo) has grown accustomed to bad press. They have since been blamed for snatching babies, killing sheep, and forcing the marsupial thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) and the related devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) into extinction on the Australian mainland. The present-day ecological role of dingoes is still debated, but in a recent article, Prowse et al. propose that Australia’s favorite scapegoat can be largely absolved of blame for driving the mainland thylacine and devil to extinction.