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That is a truly scary-looking set of teeth...brrr
Rangers had been monitoring the Eli Creek area following reports of a dingo displaying aggressive behaviour.
That behaviour included an interaction with two teenage girls on December 27, where the dingo had to be chased off by a passer-by with a stick.
On January 1, the dingo threatened a woman who was rescued by a passer-by and a patrolling ranger.
Shortly afterwards, the same dingo stalked a group of people before lunging aggressively at the 11-year-old child at Eli Creek.
Yep...Dingo pups are usually born between May and August (the winter period), but in tropical regions, breeding can occur at any time of the year.[6]Dingo destroyed after lunging at 11-year-old girl at Eli Creek on Fraser Island
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-...lunging-at-11yo-girl-on-fraser-island/5997666
Not an attack but seeing as this is a dingo thread:
A major study of dingo DNA has revealed dingoes most likely migrated to Australia in two separate waves via a former land bridge with Papua New Guinea.
The find has significant implications for conservation, with researchers recommending the two genetically distinct populations of dingoes – in the south-east and north-west of the country – be treated as different groups for management and conservation purposes.
"Care should be taken not to move dingoes between the different wild populations," says study first author and UNSW Sydney scientist Dr Kylie Cairns. "And captive breeding programs should ensure the two dingo populations are maintained separately, with genetic testing used to identify ancestry."
Dr Cairns says there is also an urgent need to prevent further inter-breeding between domestic dogs and the south-eastern population of dingoes, which is threatened by genetic dilution, habitat loss and lethal control measures such as baiting and the recently reintroduced wild dog bounty in Victoria.
"Effective containment or neutering of male dogs in rural areas may help achieve this reduction in inter-breeding," says Dr Cairns, of the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-10-genetic-uncovers-evolutionary-history-dingoes.html#jCp
Strewth! A lucky escape!
A man has fought off several dingoes to save his 14-month-old son from one of the wild dogs that was dragging the boy from their camper van on an Australian holiday island, rescue workers said.
The boy suffered deep cuts on his head in the attack on Fraser Island in Queensland, paramedic Ben Du Toit said. The family were sleeping when a dingo entered the camper van. Mr Du Toit said the parents woke as their son’s cries were fading as he was dragged away. The father ran outside and fought off several dingoes to rescue his son.
“He was apparently grabbed around the back of the neck area and dragged away. So if it wasn’t for the parents and their quick thinking and fighting off the dingoes, he probably would have had more severe injuries,” Frank Bertoli, a pilot for RACQ Life Flight, told Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
The boy was airlifted to a hospital early on Friday.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/wor...ddler-being-dragged-away-by-dingoes-1.3865718
This young fellow now has a fractured skull, deep lacerations to his neck and the back of his head, with the potential of meningitis (i sincerely hope not), all due to allowing a pack of wild animals to feed at a campsite.
Those Fraser Island Dingoes have always been cheeky due to the idiots who feed them at their campsites. In my opinion, Canines are one genera that should be kept totally wild.
It's far too late, but if you're out here, please don't feed 'em, clean your campsite before you turn in for the night, and dispose of your rubbish properly.
And I've just fed a fox at midnight! He'll probably come in my window and attack me.
This young fellow now has a fractured skull, deep lacerations to his neck and the back of his head, with the potential of meningitis (i sincerely hope not), all due to allowing a pack of wild animals to feed at a campsite.
Those Fraser Island Dingoes have always been cheeky due to the idiots who feed them at their campsites. In my opinion, Canines are one genera that should be kept totally wild.
It's far too late, but if you're out here, please don't feed 'em, clean your campsite before you turn in for the night, and dispose of your rubbish properly.
l’ve got something that l can feed him that will forestall any problems.
maximus otter
And I've just fed a fox at midnight! He'll probably come in my window and attack me.
A baby took my dingo. True story. (jk)
No joke - you were right - true story.
Those who knew what happened weren't asked.
Mmmm...you should be so lucky!
I used to catch the bus to high school with the Chamberlain's nephew. When asked about all things Azaria, he just became all sullen and very quiet. Never spoke a word to us about it.
It was big news here - I remember being baffled because it seemed so obvious to me that it was a possibility that the family were right, the dingo did happen. The coverage here veered from "unfit mother does child sacrifice" to "damn ex colonials get it wrong again." Our media got it so wrong just as yours did @Mungoman
What is the general public mood now? Have they accepted innocense?
In an odd way I am relieved to discover that human nature really /is/ universal.
Reagan was just four years old when a dingo entered the tent he was sleeping in and took his baby sister Azaria.
Comedian and TV host Anh Do was reduced to tears on Wednesday night’s episode of Anh’s Brush with Fame as Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, now 71, relived the disappearance of two-month-old Azaria during a camping trip with then-husband Michael at Uluru in 1980.
Parents Lindy and Michael Chamberlain did not think their second son Reagan remembered the incident, but when the family got a new dog they realised how much their son was haunted by that night.
Now dingoes are trying to drown children.
A young girl has been flown to hospital after she was attacked by a dingo on Australia's K'gari-Fraser Island.
The primary school-aged child was swimming when the dingo "tried to grab her and reportedly held her under water for a few seconds", rescuers said. Nearby family members freed her from the dingo, but she received bites to her head and fingers. Paramedics treated the girl at the scene before she was airlifted to hospital in a stable condition.
The LifeFlight air ambulance said its crew was called into action at 16.40 local time on Monday.
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) said it believed the girl was swimming in a shallow lagoon when the dingo approached from behind and grabbed her by the head. The animal involved is thought to be an untagged male, and rangers are investigating the incident, QPWS said in a statement.
"QPWS extends its sympathies to the girl and her family, and wishes her a speedy recovery," it added.
K'gari-Fraser Island in Queensland, a popular tourist destination with World Heritage status, is also home to some 200 wild dingos.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65171305
I wonder if it's the other way around. Rather than the dingo trying to drown the child, whether the dingo itself was drowning and trying to climb onto the nearest object to get out of the water?Now dingoes are trying to drown children.
A young girl has been flown to hospital after she was attacked by a dingo on Australia's K'gari-Fraser Island.
The primary school-aged child was swimming when the dingo "tried to grab her and reportedly held her under water for a few seconds", rescuers said. Nearby family members freed her from the dingo, but she received bites to her head and fingers. Paramedics treated the girl at the scene before she was airlifted to hospital in a stable condition.
The LifeFlight air ambulance said its crew was called into action at 16.40 local time on Monday.
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) said it believed the girl was swimming in a shallow lagoon when the dingo approached from behind and grabbed her by the head. The animal involved is thought to be an untagged male, and rangers are investigating the incident, QPWS said in a statement.
"QPWS extends its sympathies to the girl and her family, and wishes her a speedy recovery," it added.
K'gari-Fraser Island in Queensland, a popular tourist destination with World Heritage status, is also home to some 200 wild dingos.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65171305