Dingo that attacked two children and a man on K’gari is euthanised to protect the public – but the move has sparked outrage among animal lovers

Dingo that attacked two children and a man on K’gari is euthanised to protect the public – but the move has sparked outrage among animal lovers

A dingo that attacked two children and a man on the Queensland island of K’gari in recent weeks has been euthanised. Queensland’s Department of Environment, Science and Innovation said the dingo was humanely euthanised on Tuesday afternoon to protect the public. ‘The tagged dingo has displayed increasingly dangerous behaviour including two separate attacks in recent […]

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K’gari dingo attack: Second young girl this month attacked at popular Queensland holiday destination

K’gari dingo attack: Second young girl this month attacked at popular Queensland holiday destination

A young girl has been hospitalised with severe injuries after she was attacked by a dingo on a popular Queensland holiday island. The primary school-aged victim suffered ‘significant’ bites to her legs and buttocks while swimming at Hook Point on K’gari, formerly Fraser Island, at about 12.30pm on Friday. Paramedics rushed the girl from the […]

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K’gari: Crazed dingo bites girl, 5, on the thigh before another of the wild dogs chases a little boy into the ocean at holiday hotspot

K’gari: Crazed dingo bites girl, 5, on the thigh before another of the wild dogs chases a little boy into the ocean at holiday hotspot

Rangers are investigating two encounters between children and dingoes on the popular holiday destination of K’gari in recent days. A five-year-old girl was bitten on the thigh after running from a dingo near Wathumba beach, on the Queensland sand island, around 3pm on Sunday. The girl had moved away from a large group of people […]

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First Nations groups demand immediate stop to killing dingoes as control method

First Nations groups demand immediate stop to killing dingoes as control method

First Nations people around the country have called for the immediate end of lethal dingo control, following an inaugural national dingo forum held in Cairns on Friday and Saturday. A national dingo declaration signed by representatives from more than 20 First Nations groups says “lethal control should never be an option”. “We do not, and […]

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