Dingo mauls a five-year-old boy at island campsite as he’s rushed to hospital in a rescue helicopter with bite marks all over his body
- Boy airlifted to hospital after he was attacked by dingo at a popular tourist spot
- Occurred at campsite at northern end of K’gari, formerly known as Fraser Island
- Boy suffered bite marks to his head, arms and back, condition serious but stable
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A five-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital after being attacked by a dingo on K’gari, formerly known as Fraser Island.
The child suffered severe bite marks to his head, arms and back at the Ocean Lake campground located at the northern end of the island tourist hotspot about 4.10pm Sunday.
He was airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital in a serious but stable condition by a rescue helicopter that landed on Orchid Beach.
Paramedics said the boy suffered multiple bites to various parts of his body.
‘They don’t appear to be overly serious, but they haven’t provided a full report at this stage,’ a spokesperson said.
A five-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after he was attacked by a dingo on K’gari, formerly known as Fraser Island (pictured, a dingo on the island)
The latest attack occurred at the popular tourist spot just weeks after Orchid Beach was fenced off to keep dingoes out of the township, according to island residents.
It’s understood the campground where the attack happened remains unfenced.
K’gari is home to an estimated 200 dingoes.
The Fraser Island dingoes are the purest blooded of Australia’s dingoes and are a protected species on the island with more protection laws than any other type of dingo in the country.
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‘Wildlife authorities recognise that Fraser Island dingoes may become the purest strain of dingo on the eastern Australian seaboard and perhaps Australia-wide,’ the Queensland Department of Environment and Science website states.
The boy was attacked at Ocean Lake campground, a popular site an the northern end of K’gari
K’gari is off the Queensland coast 400km north of Brisbane
An Australian tourist recently copped a $2,300 fine after he was photographed feeding biscuits to a dingo while visiting the island earlier this year.
At least a dozen dingo attacks have occurred at the popular tourist spot in the last 20 years.
In 2021, a toddler was airlifted from the island after he suffered a dozen wounds to his neck, shoulder, buttocks and thigh.
The two-year-old had wandered outside while his family was asleep..
A previous attack resulted in the death of nine-year-old Sydney boy Clinton Gage in 2001.
His death sparked the culling of 31 dingoes and caused an outcry among residents.
Tourists are urged to not feed or interact with the native species on K’gari. Pictured is a tourist taking photos of dingoes on a beach
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