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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Man bitten by dingo in another attack on popular island
A man has been bitten on the leg by a dingo in the third attack in as many weeks at a popular Queensland tourist spot. The man was standing next to his car in the Hook Point barge area at Fraser Island, which has the Indigenous name K’gari, when a dingo approached after 10am on […]
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 […]
Girl, 7, is bitten by a dingo on K’gari after her mother stopped to take a photo
A seven-year-old girl has been bitten by a dingo after her mother tried to take a photo of the animal at a popular Queensland tourist spot. It marks the latest incident involving children and dingoes at Fraser Island, which has the Indigenous name K’gari. The girl’s family were waiting in their vehicle for a barge […]
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 […]
Dingo circles boy on beach in latest bite attack
A 12-year-old boy has been bitten by a dingo. The child was knee-boarding in waters off Fraser Island, which has the Indigenous name K’gari. The dog started circling the boy before the attack, which was first reported on Friday but occurred on Monday. “The boy tried to move the dingo on by yelling and moving […]
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 […]
Jogger mauled by pack of four dingoes on beach during morning run in Australia
A jogger was rushed to hospital after being mauled by a pack of dingoes during her morning jog today. The woman in her 30s was rushed to hospital after being set upon by the four native dogs at Orchid Beach, Queensland. She sustained “multiple bite wounds” to her limbs and torso, the ambulance service said […]