Australian researchers will undertake a project to analyze the smell of the urine of wild dogs, and produce the urine artificially, as a part of efforts to keep them away from humans and farms.

Dingoes, a wild dog species, destroy livestock worth $64 million every year across Australia.

Dogs mark their territories with their urine, and other dogs can understand the message contained in the chemicals of the urine.

Senior research scientist Alan Robley, at the Department of Sustainability & Environment, said that they would find out which odor was responsible for sending ‘no trespassing’ message.

Speaking on the year-long project, Robley said, "We hope it would be a non-lethal tool for the management of dingo in Australia."

The urine to be analyzed will be collected from captive dingoes, both male as well as female, held in private collections across the country.

If researchers succeed in forming the artificial urine of the dogs, it would be of great help to those who want to keep wild dogs away from their back yards or farms where they keep their livestock.