It ’s not every sidereal day a pup fall down from the sky and lands in your backyard . But that ’s exactly what happened to resident of Wandiligong in Victoria , Australia , when they heard whimper coming from their garden .
After realizing the minuscule puppy did n’t belong to anyone , they took him in and look after him for 24 hours before taking him to the Alpine Animal Hospital . Everyone was unsure of his identity – was he an abandon andiron , a miss George Fox , or a dingo puppy ?
He also had foreign marks on his back , evoke he had been run in thetalonsof a heavy chick of prey like aneagle , before being drop . The fact that no other pups could be found nearby also suggests he had been displaced .
To work out what variety of animal he was , the 10 - week - honest-to-goodness fluffball underwent deoxyribonucleic acid examination . While the humans were look the results of these tests , the puppy , identify Wandi , was taken to theAustralian Dingo Foundation’sDingo Discovery Sanctuary in Victoria to be looked after .
Amazingly , when the final result get in , they showed Wandi was a purebred warragal . This came as welcome tidings to the sanctuary as he can now partake in their breeding program , helping to preserve his species .
Now four months previous , Wandi is an alpine Canis dingo , the type most at jeopardy of extinction . " This type … alas shares the easterly seaboard areas … where 80 percent of the Australian population lives , " Director of the Australian Dingo Foundation Lyn Watson toldABC News .
" So not only is the home ground of the alpine dingo dwindling to nothing , but our persecution of this animal – because it sadly look like a wiener – has pushed this beautiful alpine warragal very near to extinction . " The two other types of warragal are tropical and desert dingoes .
The Australian dingo is at jeopardy of extinction due to a variety of threats . These include hunting , cull , inbreeding , and interbreeding with domesticated dogs , which produces hybrids and reduce the gene pool .
While many of the people who have encroached on their home ground consider dingoes a nuisance , they are significant to the wider ecosystem . For example , they huntferal cats , which have become a significant problem in Australia , helping to slim the turn of small-scale aboriginal animals toss off by these invasive felid .
Purebred dingoes like Wandi can help to continue the species , reducing the chance that it will disappear in the total 10 . " We ’re just keeping the genetic lines go until the day that there ’s blend to be a good place where they can be rewilded , " Watson toldCNN .
Dingoes have existed in Australia for millennia , in all likelihood introduce by Asiatic seafarers about3,500 years ago . They ’re bothculturallyand environmentally important , and , as Wandi proves , downright adorable , so let ’s hope these critters can adhere on .
To keep up with Wandi ’s antics , you could follow him onInstagram .
