Queensland Environment Minister Leanne Linard said she’s travelling to the island, formerly known as Fraser Island, tomorrow to speak to rangers and traditional owners.
“That’s obviously a consideration that will be made, it is a significant step to euthanise a dingo,” Linard said.
She said officials are “continuing to investigate” what happened and have identified one of the dingoes as being involved in a previous interaction.
The 24-year-old suffered 30 cuts to her torso, arms and legs in the attack and was chased into the ocean by the animals.
Two men who were driving by punched the dogs to get them off her.
She’s stable at Hervey Bay Hospital after being flown to the mainland.
Linard said she will be talking about management of the 200 dingoes on the island to see if current measures are adequate.
Tracking collars have been used on dingoes on K’gari since 2011 to allow rangers to track their movements and monitor behaviour.
A dingo was culled last month after an incident, the first since 2019, Linard said.
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“We want to reduce the number of negative interactions,” she said.
“I know people love to see dingoes when they go to the island, but there can be negative interactions if precautions are not taken.
“They may look cute, they may look like dogs but they are not, they are wild animals.”
Linard said the state government made a $3 million investment in fencing of townships and campsites as well as increasing penalties for inappropriate interactions with dingoes after a review.
Earlier, the ranger in charge of the island, Dr Linda Behrendorff, an investigation would hope to uncover the animals responsible.
”You can’t just take out or cull a whole group of dingoes and hope that you get the right one,” she told Today.
She said ranger presence has been increased but said people need to “understand the risk that’s involved”.
“We do everything that we can in order to get those messages out, understand the risk when you come to a place like K’gari,” Behrendorff said.
“It’s not about assigning blame, it’s about trying to understand the links in the chain that cause the perfect storm.”
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