A dingo on the beach of K’Gari Island in Australia, where a woman was attacked by four dingoes. Photo: Frankie Dixon // Unsplash
On the Australian island of K’gari, a pack of dingoes drove a woman jogging into the surf and attacked her. The attack was the latest in a series of increasingly frequent dingo encounters, the AP reports.
The 24-year-old woman was attacked by three or four dingoes on Monday while she was jogging on a beach at K’gari (formerly known as Fraser Island). They chased her into the surf and inflicted multiple bite wounds to her limbs and torso, using the same hunting technique the animals use for larger prey such as wallabies, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) senior ranger Linda Behrendorff said. Fortunately, two passersby rescued the woman and she was subsequently flown by helicopter to Hervey Bay Hospital on the mainland for treatment.
Behrendorff told ABC News that one of the dingoes involved in the attack had been previously outfitted with a GPS collar, due to being “an animal that has a high-risk potential.” However, Behrendorff said that the rangers are monitoring the dingoes before making any decisions regarding destroying the pack. “Lethal mitigation is a last resort,” she said. “Our job is to mitigate risks through education.”
This incident is the latest in a series of dingo encounters on the K’Gari. On June 16, a ten-year-old boy was attacked and dragged underwater, before his older sister intervened. Earlier that same month, another dingo was euthanized for biting a seven-year-old boy and a 42-year-old woman.
