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There are people with Dingos in the US- but those dingos are Carolina Dogs, or American Dingos. So they have nothing to do with the dingos in Australia.
If its getting popular to own a dingo over a domesticated dog, then im very afraid
Its a very weird area debating the whole "how long an animal has to be somewhere before people consider it native and try to protect it?"
I know in my younger days I though " its wrong to keep wild animals and try to domesticate them" but all animals started off wild at one point or another. Horses, dogs, cats, birds, pigs, sheep ect ect ect ...
Just a last bit on this. I'd personally draw the line (at least) at predators...the majority of domesticated animals are prey animals, and I think there is a reason for that. Dogs (and possibly cats) pretty much domesticated themselves over thousands of years...whereas we have only relatively recently started taking these other large predators into captivity. Some studies like the Farm-Fox experiment show that with fast-breeding species and very aggressive breeding programs, it is possible to selectively breed for tameness. But considering that we still have problems with domestic dogs, I'd rather we didn't take the risk with larger potentially more dangerous predators!
There are people with Dingos in the US- but those dingos are Carolina Dogs, or American Dingos. So they have nothing to do with the dingos in Australia. They aren't illegal to keep, although some communities may have restrictions (as they do against many dog types)
When I lived in Alaska, there was a lady who had a new guinea singing dog. She would bring it to the dog park but would chase it away from the fence and trees because apparently they can climb them. I had dog that was part wolf. It was like living with a 10 year old child.