The World’s Longest Fence 🤯🇦🇺 Australia’s Dingo Fence 🐕

Australia is home to the world’s longest fence 🇦🇺 the Dingo Fence, stretching over 5,500 kilometers (3,400 miles) across three Australian states. That’s roughly the distance from London to New York! 🐕 Its purpose is connected to one of Australia’s most famous wild animals: the dingo. Dingoes are wild dogs about the size of medium-sized domestic dogs, capable of running up to 60 km/h (37 mph). They hunt kangaroos and smaller animals 🦘 But in the late 18th century, European settlers arrived in Australia and brought sheep, giving dingoes a new food source 🐑 Farmers tried protecting their livestock with traps and guns, but sheep losses kept growing. So they started building fences to keep dingoes away from sheep farms. Existing fences were improved, extended and connected into one massive barrier, known as the Australian Dingo Fence or Dog Fence, separating sheep country from much of Australia's dingo population. #australia #dingofence #dogfence #longestfence #dingoes #kangaroos #australianwildlife #wildlife #worldgeography #ecosystem #learning #geography #map #history