Dingo bites four-year-old girl at popular holiday spot
A four-year-old girl has been flown to hospital after being bitten by a dingo on a Queensland beach.
A large group of people including eight children were fishing at NgKala Rocks on the eastern side of K’gari, formerly Fraser Island, on Saturday where dingoes were seen loitering, the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service said.
A dingo approached the girl about 11.15am and grabbed her around the chest area, causing lacerations, bruising and a puncture wound.
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She was airlifted from Orchid Beach to Hervey Bay Hospital at 12.52pm in a stable condition, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said.
Rangers on the island are investigating the incident and monitoring the male dingo responsible.
They will continue patrols in the NgKala Rocks area to remind campers and fishers that dingoes should not be allowed to linger nearby and should be moved if they approach.
The attack is the latest in a spate of dingo-related incidents on the island with a two-year-old boy bitten on the leg in June and a 10-year-old boy bitten on the back of his leg after a dingo chased him out of the water in April.
Children should be kept at arm’s length at all times when visiting K’gari and visitors should carry a stick, remain vigilant and never walk alone.
