Rangers on K’gari are monitoring a male dingo responsible for biting a four-year-old girl around the chest on Saturday.
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service was advised of the incident about 11.15am, which occurred near NgKala Rocks on the eastern side of what was formerly Fraser Island.
Rangers were told a large group were fishing with eight children ranging in age and dingoes were loitering nearby.
The dingo (wongari) approached the girl and grabbed her around the chest area, causing lacerations, bruising and a puncture wound.
A nearby doctor examined the child and rangers advised the family to meet with paramedics from the Queensland Ambulance Service as a precaution.
The child has been flown from the island and taken to hospital as a precaution due to the abdominal area affected by the bite.
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Rangers are investigating the incident and will continue patrols in the NgKala Rocks area and provide Be dingo-safe! messaging to fishers and campers.
Fishers are reminded that dingoes should never be allowed to linger nearby. Whenever approached by dingoes, fishers should move them on, especially from around children.
Visitors and residents on K’gari are reminded to remain vigilant at all times by keeping children at arm’s length, never walking alone and carrying a stick at all times.
Negative dingo encounters should immediately be reported to a QPWS ranger by calling (07) 4127 9150 or emailing dingo.ranger@des.qld.gov.au.
