The strange attraction to dragons

[Farseer]

Dingoes though, are different. Also members of the canine family, do I 'love' the dingo as I do the wolf? No. Why? Likely because they live in my vicinity and thus they affect me. I don't have to worry about wolves eating sheep or cattle or me (!) but I do have to worry about dingoes. I am also daily surrounded by their bad press, try as I might to ignore it. If nothing else, one does not grow up in the 80s as an Australian child and not become affected by the Azaria Chamberlain case. I have followed it for what feels like my whole life. ** This is not to say that I hate dingoes or want to destroy them for eating sheep or some-such (!!)...it's just an illustration! **

Totally off-topic to this thread but following on from this old post, I cried yesterday when, after thirty-two years since Azaria Chamberlain went missing, the coroner finally ruled that Azaria's death had been by dingo attack...not 'murder' or 'unknown'. Such a long, long time it has been in coming. I was about seven at the time she went missing and never thought this finding would ever be handed down in my lifetime.

Cry? Actually, I sobbed. Even the coroner was affected by the sheer emotion of it all and to hear her offer condolences to the Chamberlain family after more than three decades was shattering in its simplicity. Such a burden the family has had to carry on top of the loss of a child...even if you sit on the side of the fence that is against Lindy Chamberlain, you have to consider how you would feel if you were indeed innocent. I'd be ruined.