{"id":2173354,"date":"2024-03-02T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2173354"},"modified":"2024-01-22T14:53:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T13:53:21","slug":"kgari-dingo-attack-second-young-girl-this-month-attacked-at-popular-queensland-holiday-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/kgari-dingo-attack-second-young-girl-this-month-attacked-at-popular-queensland-holiday-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"K’gari dingo attack: Second young girl this month attacked at popular Queensland holiday destination"},"content":{"rendered":"

A young girl has been hospitalised with severe injuries after she was attacked by a dingo on a popular Queensland holiday island.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Paramedics rushed the girl from the island to Inskip Point by barge before taking her to Gympie Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) rangers are now tasked with trying to identify the dingo involved.<\/p>\n

This latest attack comes just one week after another girl, 7, was bitten on the thigh by a dingo on the island, who are known to loiter around campsites looking for food.<\/p>\n

This week’s incident is the latest in a series of dingo attacks on K’gari that have shaken tourists in recent months.<\/p>\n

In December, a young girl, five, was bitten on the thigh after running from a dingo near Wathumba beach.<\/p>\n

The next day a boy was chased into the water by dingoes after he became scared and ran from the animal, which had lunged but did not make contact.<\/p>\n

On August 10, two women were mauled by dingoes in seperate attacks within five minutes of each other.<\/p>\n

The first woman was bitten at 11.45am nea popular swimming spot Eli Creek, on the island’s east shore.<\/p>\n

The second woman was attacked after another dingo wandered down the creek and approached her from behind.<\/p>\n

In July a group of campers at Orchid Beach spent the night fending off dingoes near where a woman was viciously mauled while jogging just hours earlier.<\/p>\n

The 20-strong group said they were forced to use poles ‘every 10 minutes’ to ward off dingoes which were searching for food in their camp.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the month in yet another attack, Sarah Peet from Brisbane was dragged into the water by a pack of four dingoes at the same beach.<\/p>\n

She was rescued when two strangers intervened and was taken to hospital by helicopter with numerous bites.<\/p>\n

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Tourists have bore witness to a spate of dingo attacks in recent months on the scenic island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Recently the state government announced $2million in funding for K’gari this financial year and another $3million annually after that.<\/p>\n

The money will create jobs for an additional six Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) rangers, three specialist staff and four more Butchulla rangers.<\/p>\n

Extra rangers on the island are expected to make enhanced management and monitoring of dingoes that exhibit threatening and high-risk behaviour easier.<\/p>\n

QPWS is also distributing pamphlets with its ‘Be dingo-safe!’ education campaign at strategic locations on the island.<\/p>\n

Tips on how to avoid dangerous confrontations with dingoes include to: stay within arm’s reach of children, walk in groups, carry a stick, and camp in fenced areas.<\/p>\n

Rangers also warn tourists to never run even if they feel threatened as running or jogging can trigger dingoes.<\/p>\n

This article<\/a> by Zak Wheeler was first published by The Daily Mail on 12 January 2024. Lead Image:\u00a0A primary school-aged girl suffered ‘ significant’ dingo bites to her leg and buttocks at 12:30pm on Friday at Hook Point on K’gari in Queensland (stock picture).<\/em><\/p>\n

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