Dingo expert Luke Cooper has bit back at Douglas Shire councillors over their decision to reject calls to go against legislation when dealing with dangerous dingoes in Port Douglas, vowing to make them “eat their words and look horrible’’.

Mr Cooper told Newsport he is the only person with the region’s dingo DNA and he is appealing to anyone who finds a dead Douglas dingo to contact him so he can take a sample able to unlock the secrets of the rainforest dingoes, stressing there were no reports of one ever attacking a person.

His comments come on the back of Douglas Shire Council last week rejecting a petition to change the policy to trap and destroy troublesome dingoes in the Douglas Shire as the council dealt with more than 30 formal reports of concerns about the population.

The conservationist and rainforest dingo expert is the man behind a petition to protect rainforest dingoes. He says he has collected DNA from the population which gives him knowledge about their specific ecology, ecotype and “a hell of a lot more’’ that no one else holds.

But, even as council takes aim at dingoes reported for threatening behaviour, Mr Cooper is not willing to make the information he says will save the Douglas dingoes public, telling Newsport it is to be kept “confidential”. 

“I am, and many others are, in utter shock and disgrace with what the DSC have decided,’’ Mr Cooper told Newsport.

“It’s disgusting, they are a native animal. It’s horrible for tourism. I don't agree with their decisions based on what they feel for the community.

“Saying the things I've seen them say about them is wrong. I have a strong distaste for this decision they have made. 

“It’s bad animal management practices. Also CRUEL.’’

Mr Cooper attacked the Douglas Shire Council saying it was a case of the “same old argument with the DSC only consulting with a handful of businesses that will fit their narrative’’ when the true stakeholders are the public.