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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jurek" data-source="post: 3771744" data-attributes="member: 3357">Regarding your previous post: theory that Europeans deliberately released smallpox to kill natives in Australia plainly lacks any grounds. Not there is anything 'emerging'; for the ideological debates has being going on long enough to receive a name 'history wars'. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_wars#Controversy_over_smallpox_in_Australia" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_wars#Controversy_over_smallpox_in_Australia</a>Regarding dingo, I am surprised why no genetic research is done on dogs in southern Asia which are the recent ancestors of dingos. They can be potential source of 'pure dingos' if such a thing exists and is worth having.However, more sensible than debating 'is dingo native' may be reintroducing Tasmanian Devils to some dingo-free reserves in mainland Australia. Devils are certainly native, themselves endangered, and proven to control numbers of foxes and cats.</blockquote>