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Toddler pulled from campervan by pack of dingoes on Fraser Island
Elise Williams, The Courier-Mail
34 minutes ago
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A TODDLER has been taken from a campervan by dingoes on Fraser Island early on Friday morning.
The 14-month-old boy was inside a van on Eurong Rd, Eurong when it’s believed at least two dingoes entered while his parents were sleeping.
The parents were woken by their son’s cries, which were becoming more distant.
The incident happened about 12.30 this morning.
A toddler has been taken from a campervan by dingoes on Fraser Island. The toddler was flown to Hervey Bay Hospital. Picture: Courtesy RACQ LifeFlight Rescue
The father ran outside, to find dingo had dragged his child some distance from the van.
The father fought off the dingo and succeeded in getting the child away.
The RACQ LifeFlight helicopter flew the boy, who suffered cuts and puncture wounds to the head and neck, to Hervey Bay Hospital.
The boy, who is believed to be in a stable condition, has since been flown to Brisbane for treatment.
The incident comes only months after a six-year-old boy was mauled by dogs on the island.
In January, Michael Schipanski was running up a hill with his mum after a swim when he was attacked.
“The pack of dingoes saw him and went straight into the chase-and-kill instinct. They wanted blood,” the boy’s father Mark told The Courier-Mail.
Last July, a dingo was captured and euthanised after two separate attacks on a woman and child on Fraser Island.
Camping areas at Wongai, One Tree Rocks and Cornwells were closed by park rangers at the time for more than three months to reduce the risk of dingo and human interactions.
In 2001, a child was killed and his brother mauled by dingoes on Fraser Island, the only recorded fatal dingo attack since the 1980 disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain at Ayers Rock.
Elise Williams, The Courier-Mail
34 minutes ago
Subscriber only
A TODDLER has been taken from a campervan by dingoes on Fraser Island early on Friday morning.
The 14-month-old boy was inside a van on Eurong Rd, Eurong when it’s believed at least two dingoes entered while his parents were sleeping.
The parents were woken by their son’s cries, which were becoming more distant.
The incident happened about 12.30 this morning.
The father ran outside, to find dingo had dragged his child some distance from the van.
The father fought off the dingo and succeeded in getting the child away.
The RACQ LifeFlight helicopter flew the boy, who suffered cuts and puncture wounds to the head and neck, to Hervey Bay Hospital.
The boy, who is believed to be in a stable condition, has since been flown to Brisbane for treatment.
The incident comes only months after a six-year-old boy was mauled by dogs on the island.
In January, Michael Schipanski was running up a hill with his mum after a swim when he was attacked.
“The pack of dingoes saw him and went straight into the chase-and-kill instinct. They wanted blood,” the boy’s father Mark told The Courier-Mail.
Last July, a dingo was captured and euthanised after two separate attacks on a woman and child on Fraser Island.
Camping areas at Wongai, One Tree Rocks and Cornwells were closed by park rangers at the time for more than three months to reduce the risk of dingo and human interactions.
In 2001, a child was killed and his brother mauled by dingoes on Fraser Island, the only recorded fatal dingo attack since the 1980 disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain at Ayers Rock.
