Professor Euan Ritchie

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It's a favourite colonial activity.

Hardly 'Adult Content', it's just good old David.

He’s much bigger than I imagined

Murdered is more accurate, it’s a deliberate act by government to kill dingoes that have done nothing wrong, other than being dingoes.

Way more dangerous than dingoes, that's for sure!

I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.

When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL

I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.

The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.

Her mother was on the radio today saying she wouldn’t have wanted this.

Dingo dinners: what’s on the menu for Australia’s top predator? A survey of 32,000 samples of dingo droppings and stomach contents reveal that this predator’s appetite is as wide-ranging as Australia’s landscapes. But medium and large mammals are top of the menu.

All good :)

But to be clear, dingoes have a very broad diet, including fruits, insects and vertebrates. There is an abundance of food for them on K'gari. People feeding them because they are naturally skinny is a big part of the problem. theconversation.com/dingo-dinner...

With respect, that's a nonsense that they are starving, there is plenty of food for Wongari on K'gari. Dingoes are naturally skinny. Supplementary feeding is not needed and would only make matters worse. It's super simple. Don't feed or approach dingoes. Respect signs and warnings, be vigilant.

Also, 'involved in death' seems a rather unhelpful headline given the Coroner's report.

Dingoes involved in death of Canadian backpacker to be euthanased Queensland government officials will euthanase a pack of dingoes involved in the death of a Canadian backpacker on K'gari.

🙄 😠 Tragedy x 2!

"Queensland government officers will euthanase a pack of dingoes involved in the death of a Canadian backpacker on K'gari. A coroner's report found Piper James was bitten by dingoes before she died, but drowning was the most likely cause of death."

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

A Moka in my room in Florence, Italy. Starting the day right.

Check out this adorable art - @angiesymon.bsky.social combines art with science, and after completing honours on #bandicoots, is now undertaking an internship at #zoosvic - check out Angie's page (and also decorated Conference lanyard!)

You can read more about Angie in our next newsletter!

Italy, here we come. Shirt in honour of Rob. Vale.

Your cat and wildlife thank you, your responsible pet ownership keeps them both safer. Win win. 👏

An excellent and thorough rebuttal of the extremely flawed paper by Wallach & Lundgren (2025).
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"Some have argued the impact of introduced species has been overstated, and that introduced species should be seen as a legitimate part of Australia’s ecosystems. Scientific evidence and conservation outcomes do not support this." theconversation.com/yes-feral-ca... - @aunz.theconversation.com

Thanks. Many have it way, way tougher, but fighting denialism sure ain't fun, and it's a huge, unwelcome distraction from the main game.

If we ever see the other side of this, there needs to be real consequences for everyone involved. Every single one.

Now is the time for rural independents to step up.

Without the power of the coalition the Nationals are useless, a nostalgia party for a 1950s that never existed.

#AusPol

Today’s comic in @australia.theguardian.com

It’s only mid January and we’ve had destructive cyclones, deadly heatwaves, bushfires followed by flash floods and the cherry on top, a coal approval!

Tech bros have made us lonely. I’m fighting back by getting off social media and talking to strangers | Jess Harwood Connections can be found anywhere: the local cafe, the dog park and community events

Today’s piece in @guardianaustralia - words and cartoons in favour of sticking your middle finger up at tech billionaires, and having a conversation with a real person offline!

Irony of posting this online not lost on me. I’m going to go analogue-mode now! x

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The breakup note #auspol #coalition #socialcohesion

Netanyahu agrees to join Trump's 'Board of Peace' as others say no Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to join US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" despite his office previously criticising the makeup of the executive committee.

Which genocidal war criminal will be next?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Satirical comedy is dead.

At ~ 3:40 pm (AEDT) today, I'll be yarning with Liz Trevaskis on ABC Darwin, about feral and introduced animals.

Complex, multi-dimensional habitat helps a lot! Gives prey a fighting chance.

The Australian Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate & Energy has published my 75pp submission on the history of fossil capital's systemic global disinformation war via the #AtlasNetwork thinktanks against climate science, policy & clean energy.
www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...

And yes, I care deeply about the welfare of all animals, but I won't shy away from our responsibilities and making difficult choices biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/leading... - @biodivcouncil.bsky.social