Wild carnivores are becoming increasing common in urban areas. In Australia, dingoes exist, in most large cities and towns within their extended range. However, little empirical data is available to inform dingo management or address potential dingo–human conflicts during urban planning. From GPS tracking data, the nine dingoes, predominately juvenile and female, we tracked lived within 700 m of residential homes at all times and frequently crossed roads, visited backyards and traversed built-up areas. Home range sizes ranged between 0.37 km2 and 100.32 km2. Dingoes were mostly nocturnal, averaging 591 m/h between dusk and dawn. Juvenile and adult dingoes spent up to 19% and 72% of their time in urban habitats. Fresh scats from most areas surveyed tested positive to a variety of common zoonoses. These data suggest dingoes are capable of exploiting peri-urban areas and might contribute to human health and safety risks, the significance of which remains unknown.
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机译：野生食肉动物在城市地区变得越来越普遍。在澳大利亚，在扩展范围内的大多数大型城镇中都存在野狗。但是，在城市规划过程中，很少有经验数据可用于指导野狗管理或解决潜在的野狗与人之间的冲突。从GPS跟踪数据中，我们主要追踪了9个主要为少年和女性的野狗，他们一直跟踪住处700 m内住宅的住所，并经常横穿马路，参观后院并遍历建筑区域。家庭范围的大小介于0.37平方千米和100.32平方千米之间。野狗大多是夜间活动，在黄昏到黎明之间平均为591 m / h。青少年和成年野狗在城市栖息地中所花费的时间分别占19％和72％。来自大多数接受调查的地区的新鲜粪便对各种常见的人畜共患病呈阳性反应。这些数据表明，野狗有能力开发城郊地区，并可能对人类健康和安全风险做出贡献，其重要性尚不清楚。
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