Tourist is fined $2,300 for feeding a dingo on Fraser Island, Queensland
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Tourist fined $2,300 after being caught brutally feeding BISCUITS to a dingo on Fraser Island
- A tourist, 23, fined for allowing dingo feeding on Fraser Island, Queensland
- Dingoes currently having puppies and can now aggressively hunt for food
- The wild dogs killed a child on the island in 2001 and bit several tourists
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A tourist has been fined $2,300 after being photographed feeding cookies to a dingo on a resort island where the species is protected.
The 23-year-old man was observed feeding the dingo as he queued for a ferry on backpacker’s favorite Fraser Island, about 250km north of Brisbane, also known as K’gari.
The incident took place in April and he was fined after a bystander took several photos of him feeding the wild dog.
The 23-year-old man was fed the dingo as he waited in line for a ferry on Fraser Island, about 250 km north of Brisbane and also known as K’gari.
The fine comes as the parks department renews its warnings about the dangerous ‘whelping season’, which is when dingo puppies are born and the animals aggressively hunt for food
The maximum fine for feeding dingoes, also known as wongari, is $11,500.
The fine comes as the parks department renews its warnings about the dangerous “whelping season,” when dingo puppies are born.
It lasts until early December.
A woman on Fraser Island snaps photos of dingoes getting close to tourist vehicles
Dingoes can be determined and aggressive in their search for food this time of year, the park department warned.
In 2001, dingoes attacked and killed a child, Clinton Gage, on Fraser Island
Feeding dingoes is prohibited and the fine sends a strong message to residents and visitors that it will not be tolerated, a Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service spokesman said.
The incident happened in the queue for the Hook Point ferry and is the second such fine to be issued in 2022.
“The person said the man was brutally feeding the wongari, and given his position at the front of the line, his offense was seen by several people,” said Mike Devery of the QPWS.
The park rangers also fined campers 22 times in 2022 for leaving food for dingoes.
In 2001, dingoes attacked and killed a child, Clinton Gage, on Fraser Island and since then there have been several reports of dingo bites.
More than 100 dingoes were killed on Fraser Island after the deadly attack, but the population has reportedly recovered to more than 200.
When the tourist was later interviewed by the Queensland Parks Service, he admitted to throwing cookies from his vehicle at the dingoes.