Collared dingo bites woman on K’gari in latest island attack
A dingo fitted with a tracking collar has bitten a woman on K’gari in the latest in a string of attacks on the Queensland island.
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service is investigating two incidents on Thursday on K’gari, previously known as Fraser island, involving two collared dingoes.
A dingo has attacked a woman on K’gari. File image.Credit: iStock
About 11.45am, the dingoes, known to the local Butchulla people as wongari, approached and circled seven adults at Eli Creek.
One of the dingoes lunged and lightly nipped a woman on the thigh before a member of the group of adults threw a stick and scared the animals away.
The dingoes then went down Eli Creek, about 11.50am approached a different woman from behind.
When the woman turned around and saw the dingo, she fell and was bitten on the thigh.
Rangers provided assistance to the woman, and offered medical treatment, which was declined.
The investigation into both incidents is ongoing.
The latest attack comes just weeks after a woman was hospitalised after she was attacked by a pack of the dogs while jogging at the popular tourist spot.
One of the dingoes involved in that attack, which was captured and euthanised, had been wearing a tracking collar since April, and had previously been involved in threatening and biting incidents.
A spokesman said it was clear from its behaviour it had become habituated and had lost its natural wariness, either by being fed or from people interacting with it for videos and selfies.
Rangers have rejected calls for a dingo cull.