A woman has reportedly been bitten by a male dingo while camping on Queensland’s K’gari, also known as Fraser Island.
It is understood the woman was bitten on the thigh at around 8am on October 20 while heading to the toilet alone at Beach Camping Zone 6 on the east coast of the island.
The Courier Mail reports that, when rangers arrived to investigate the attack, they were told that a group of international tourists arrived on the beach, and were warned by nearby campers that there was a dingo (wongari) in the area.
The newspaper said the dingo reportedly approached the woman while she was going to the toilet alone. She wasn’t carrying a stick and started to run as it approached her.
The dingo then reportedly gave chase and bit her on the left rear thigh resulting in two puncture wounds.
The Courier Mail reports that campers nearby overheard and chased the dingo away.
The attack comes less than two weeks after another woman was bitten on the leg by a dingo in the unfenced area at Lake McKenzie.
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) said that, in that incident, a walking group participant was bitten on the back of the leg, causing bruising to the calf muscle. Other members of her group used walking poles to try and move the dingo on.
It has been reported that the untagged female dingo was aggressive, growling, barking, jumping, lunging and attempting to bite at the walking poles.
And some three months ago, a four-year-old girl was hospitalised after being attacked by a dingo at Orchid Beach. Following that incident, Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour called for children to be banned from unfenced areas of K’Gari.
Rangers are investigating the most recent incident and will continue patrols in the area and provide ‘Be dingo-safe!’ messaging to fishers and campers.
Visitors and residents on K’gari are reminded to remain vigilant at all times by keeping children at arm’s length, never walking alone and carrying a stick at all times.
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The main campsite needs to be dingo-proofed right down to the beach. Anyone caught breaking the rule regarding Digo feeding or trying to pat them should be fined. They are a Predatory Animal and nothing is going to change that in the forthcoming 200 years, so be aware of them.
I would not even think about going there to be fenced in and have great chance of being bitten , are they truly pure dingoes?
The world is still a wild and hostile environment. Adults should know this. When adults do not heed the warnings I find it hard to feel sorry for such ignorance.