{"id":2173422,"date":"2024-03-11T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2173422"},"modified":"2024-01-22T14:53:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T13:53:13","slug":"dingo-that-attacked-two-children-and-a-man-on-kgari-is-euthanised-to-protect-the-public-but-the-move-has-sparked-outrage-among-animal-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/dingo-that-attacked-two-children-and-a-man-on-kgari-is-euthanised-to-protect-the-public-but-the-move-has-sparked-outrage-among-animal-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"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"},"content":{"rendered":"

A dingo that attacked two children and a man on the Queensland island of K’gari in recent weeks has been euthanised.<\/p>\n

Queensland’s Department of Environment, Science and Innovation said the dingo was humanely euthanised on Tuesday afternoon to protect the public.<\/p>\n

‘The tagged dingo has displayed increasingly dangerous behaviour including two separate attacks in recent weeks on young children in the Hook Point area,’ the department said in a statement.<\/p>\n

‘Due to the escalation of the animal’s behaviour, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) has made the difficult decision to euthanise the dingo.’<\/p>\n

However, the move has been criticised by some Australians who argued it was the responsibility of visitors to stay away from the wild animals.<\/p>\n

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Queensland’s Department of Environment, Science and Innovation said the dingo was humanely euthanised on Tuesday afternoon on K’gai (pictured)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘I have a part dingo dog, this is sad,’ one man wrote.<\/p>\n

‘People just need to stay away from them.’<\/p>\n

‘So sad. This is their home,’ a second agreed.<\/p>\n

‘Just wrong, they are hungry looking for food,’ a third shared.<\/p>\n

‘How about we start doing this to humans as well!’ a fourth wrote.<\/p>\n

Euthanising a dingo was a last resort and the decision was in line with the Fraser Island Dingo Conservation and Risk Management Strategy, QPWS said.<\/p>\n

The tagged animal bit the man on the back of his leg in the Hook Point barge area on Monday in the third attack in as many weeks.<\/p>\n

A primary school-aged girl was taken to hospital last week with significant leg wounds after she was bitten multiple times while swimming near Hook Point.<\/p>\n

She was one of two children attacked in the area in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

There have been six dingo-related incidents on K’gari since December 10, five involving children.<\/p>\n

Rangers and the local Butchula Aboriginal Corporation are considering using tracking collars among other options to monitor the animals.<\/p>\n

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The decision to euthanise the dingo has been criticised by some Australians who argued it was the responsibility of visitors to stay away from dingoes (pictured, dingos on K’gari)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But they have rejected calls to cull any of the estimated 200 dingoes on K’gari, blaming visitor behaviour for a spike in incidents.<\/p>\n

A series of incidents in 2023 led rangers to euthanise a dingo that had bitten a woman on the thigh while she was visiting the island.<\/p>\n

QPWS has urged people to be ‘dingo safe’ by walking in groups, camping in fenced areas and not running on the heritage-listed island.<\/p>\n

Children should be kept under constant supervision and within arm’s reach on K’gari.<\/p>\n

QPWS said it was important to keep all food, rubbish and bait locked up and never to feed the animals.<\/p>\n

This article<\/a> by Miranda Foster was first published by The Daily Mail on 16 January 2024. Lead Image:\u00a0A dingo that attacked two children and a man on the Queensland island of K’gari in recent weeks has been euthanised – sparking outrage among animal lovers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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