Child hospitalised from dingo attack
A primary school-aged girl has been hospitalised after getting attacked by a dingo while swimming at Queensland’s K’gari-Fraser island.
It is understood that the girl was swimming in shallow water on the eastern side of the island on April 3 when the dingo launched at her in an attempt to drag her underwater.
Family members on the island were able to free the girl, however, she suffered bites to her head and fingers.
A RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter arrived at the scene and she was treated by paramedics and a critical care doctor before being flown to Hervey Bay Hospital where she remains in a stable position.
The girl was pictured sitting upright and holding a stuffed toy when the helicopter arrived at the hospital.
The incident comes after a five-year-old boy was attacked by a dingo and suffered a bite to his arm, head and buttocks while playing on a beach at K’gari-Fraser Island.
The boy was with his nine-year-old brother in the sand when the incident occurred.
Authorities said the attack was unprovoked and the boy’s father “quickly intervened” to pull the dingo off his young son.
An off-duty paramedic rushed to the boy’s aid before he was flown to hospital to be treated for his injuries.
K’gari dingoes are protected by law as native species on the island.
There are an estimated 20 to 30 packs of the animals in K-gari, with each consisting of three to 12 dingoes.
Visitors are urged to use caution as the wild animals are unpredictable and dangerous.
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