Frame by frame, the wildlife living on a Queensland cattle station are revealed. A long-eared bilby is caught mid-hop on a gibber plain, the name given to the densely packed rocks of the desert pavement. The eyes of an endangered kowari – a palm-sized carnivorous marsupial with a bottle-brush tail – glow an eerie white. […]
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Toddler is savagely mauled by a dingo on K’gari in second attack in THIRD attack within days
A two-year-old has been bitten by a dingo at a popular tourist destination – the third attack within three days. The dingo bit the child on the leg at Lake McKenzie (Boorangaroo) at K’gari, formerly Fraser Island off the Queensland coast just before 1pm on Sunday. The dingo encountered the child in the car park. […]
Dingo attacks three-year-old child on Queensland island
A young child has been attacked by a dingo on K’gari island off the Queensland coast. The three-year-old was bitten on the back of the leg while walking along the beach near Kingfisher Bay on the west of the island at 5pm on Saturday. The dingo reportedly kept following the child and family even after […]
Calls to halt kangaroo culling in Victoria’s Grampians after bushfires
Wildlife advocates are calling for a halt to the commercial harvesting of kangaroos in Victoria’s Grampians region after bushfires there. Wildlife Victoria warned of “long-term impacts” on native plants and animals due to the fires, which burned through 76,000 hectares of national park and farmland, and called for a stop to the controversial practice until […]
Petition: Tell the Victorian Government to Rescind Classification of Dingoes as “Unprotected Wildlife”
The Victorian government in Australia recently made a reckless decision that puts dingoes at risk of extinction. A government order has extended the right to kill dingoes across large parts of eastern Victoria until 2028, threatening the survival of this keystone species. Sign the petition to urge the Victorian government to rescind the harmful order […]
Alpine dingoes at risk of extinction after Victorian government extends right to cull
Traditional owners and dingo advocates say a Victorian government decision extending the right to kill dingoes on private and public land until 2028 could threaten local populations with extinction. A government order, which took effect on Tuesday, declared dingoes were “unprotected wildlife” under the state’s Wildlife Act. The ruling means dingoes can be killed by […]