166. Australia’s ‘Wolves of Yellowstone’?
With David Pollock & Zali Jestrimski at Wooleen Station
Uncannily our first visit to Wooleen Station in three years lands after Wooleen and Yellowstone were both spoken about in last week’s episode with Montanan stars, Nicole Masters and Meagan Lannan. And when it comes to shifting the sense of what’s possible, this 375,000 acre property 700 kilometres from Perth WA is taking this to new levels, as the regeneration of country, community and culture continues to generate its own momentum. A number of long-held visions are currently coming to fruition, including with young dingo educator and researcher, Zali Jestrimski.
Zali Jestrimski & David Pollock with Steve the dingo, at Wooleen Station (pic: Anthony James).
“I feel like what’s happened here is much clearer, and over a larger area, than what has happened in Yellowstone. So I see no reason why Wooleen couldn’t become the new ‘wolves in Yellowstone’. ”
Zali’s now at the helm of a new dingo education centre at Wooleen, and some potentially game-changing research. What if it can be shown, as David suspects, that the dingoes of the Murchison region here, are having an even greater regenerative impact than the famed wolves of Yellowstone?
This conversation was recorded at Wooleen Homestead, on Wednesday 24 May 2023.
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To hear more from David Pollock, tune into episode 111.
To listen to David’s wife, Frances Pollock, back when this podcast began, tune into episode 9.
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Music:
The sounds of Wooleen Station.