Dingoes attack two women on K’gari/Fraser Island: Collared fral dogs bite visitors at Queensland tourist hot spot
Dingoes attack two women on K’gari/Fraser Island: Collared fral dogs bite visitors at Queensland tourist hot spot
- Two women were bitten by dingoes on K’gari
- The attacks were five minutes apart
Two collared dingoes mauled two women in separate attacks on K’gari, formerly Fraser Island.
The first woman was bitten around 11:45 a.m. Thursday at the popular swimming spot Eli Creek, on the island’s east coast.
The woman was one of seven adults surrounded by the dingo before it attacked.
“One of the wongari (dingo) fell out and hit a woman on the thigh,” said a spokesman for the Ministry of Environment and Science. Courier Mail.
“A member of the group threw a stick at the wongari and drove them away.”
The second female was attacked just five minutes later after another dingo wandered down the creek and approached her from behind.
Two women were bitten by two dingoes during separate attacks on K’gari shortly before noon on Thursday
“When the woman turned around and saw the wongari, she fell and was bitten on her thigh,” the DES spokesman said.
She refused medical treatment.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service is investigating the incidents and is urging residents and visitors on K’gari to remain vigilant.
Several dingo attacks have been reported on K’gari in recent months.
Brisbane woman Sarah Peet was mauled and dragged into the water by a pack of four dingoes last month after running alone on Orchid Beach.
She survived after two strangers intervened, but was airlifted to hospital with numerous bites.
An eight-year-old boy was also taken to hospital after a pack of dingoes attacked him and his family on July 3.
Authorities warned visitors and residents of K’gari to be vigilant around dingoes after several attacks in recent months