Investigations are under way after a 12-year-old boy was bitten by a tagged dingo on Queensland’s K’gari.
Yesterday around 12.15pm, a male dingo approached two children and an adult playing in the shallow water near Yidney Rocks from behind, biting one of the children.
Nearby fishers ran to help, fending off the dingo with a stick.
The dingo moved away but followed the group back to their accommodation as the stick was left behind near the water.
The boy was treated by paramedics for superficial puncture wounds and a laceration.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service rangers arrived to find the dingo still in the area and identified him from photos.
Rangers are investigating the incident and will continue to monitor the dingo.
Those visiting K’Gari should keep children close, walk in groups, carry a stick, avoid feeding dingoes, camp in fenced areas, and refrain from running if encountering a dingo.
In the year so far, there have been six high-risk interactions with dingoes, including biting, mouthing or lunging.
There were 23 of those interactions last year.
