A 4-year-old girl has suffered a puncture wound after being bitten by a dingo in Queensland. Photo / Getty Images
A 4-year-old girl has suffered a puncture wound after being bitten by a dingo in Queensland. Photo / Getty Images
Rangers on K’gari are monitoring the dingo responsible for the attack.
A 4-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 href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/australia-holidays-reasons-to-visit-kgari-formerly-fraser-island-in-queensland/DFWMSRXBQBA75CIN57N5VWH7HU/" target="_blank">K’gari, formerly Fraser Island, on Saturday where dingoes were seen loitering, the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service said.
A dingo approached the girl at about 11.15am and grabbed her around the chest area, causing lacerations, bruising and a puncture wound.
The girl was examined by a nearby doctor and taken to hospital on the advice of park rangers as a precaution due to an injury to her abdomen.
She was airlifted from Orchid Beach to Hervey Bay Hospital at 12.52pm in a stable condition, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said.
K'gari is a World Heritage-listed sand island in Queensland, north of Brisbane. Photo / Tourism and Events Queensland
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 2-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.
Adults should keep children very close by at all times when visiting K’gari and visitors should carry a stick, remain vigilant and never walk alone.
