Defend The Wild Podcast - Episode 1 - In Conversation with Sonya Takau

10/11/23 • 51 min

Today we are joined by Sonya Takau, a proud Jirrbal rainforest Aboriginal woman living in far north Queensland. Sonya is the woman behind dingo culture - a platform dedicated to providing the Indigenous perspective on the dingo and shifting the narrative on these misunderstood creatures.
Sonya is also the communications director at Girringun Aboriginal corporation the organisation behind the recent National Inaugural First Nations Dingo Forum. In this episode Sonya and I discuss her passion and deep connection to the dingo, the success of the dingo forum and the groundbreaking National First Nations Dingo Declaration. Thank you for joining us, we hope you enjoy this episode.

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Defend The Wild Podcast - Episode 2 - In Conversation with Soph Thomson

In this episode, Alix speaks with the wonderful Sophie Thomson who is one half of the wildlife twins - a sister duo who have dedicated their lives to educating the public about Australia's incredible and unique wildlife for the last 7 years. In this time Sophie has worked with a huge array of Australian animals and has a particular passion for our top order predator; the dingo.
Sophie is also an expert on working with dogs and runs her own successful dog training business K9 academy. In this episode we speak about Sophie's experience raising wild-born dingo puppies and the differences she sees in wild born and captive bred dingoes.