Five-year-old boy in hospital after being ‘jumped’ by dingo on K’Gari
Dec 19, 2022, updated Dec 19, 2022
Two dingoes on the beach at Fraser Island-K'gari last year, with one wearing a GPS tracking collar.. Photo: ABC
The attack happened as the child, aged five, was playing on a beach on Fraser Island, also known as K’gari, on Sunday afternoon.
The boy’s father was nearby and able to stop the attack near the remote Ocean Lake camping area.
Park rangers said the boy had not provoked the dingo and would investigate to identify the animal involved.
“The child sustained multiple minor bites before his father managed to get the dingo off him,” RACQ LifeFlight Rescue said.
He was flown with his mother to Hervey Bay Airport by the LifeFlight helicopter before being driven to hospital.
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