BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 26 -- The Department of Environment and Science issued the following media release:
Visitors to K'gari are strongly urged to heed Be dingo-safe! messaging following two bite incidents reported this longweekend.
On Sunday 26January2025, a dingo bit a two-year-old on the leg at Lake McKenzie (Boorangaroo) resulting in a superficial injury.
The dingo encountered the child in the carpark. Rangers were onsite to provide basic first-aid care andadvice.
Yesterday the department was also notified of an incident that occurred on Saturday 18January2025, also at LakeMcKenzie.
A woman was bitten on the leg by a dingo after trying to stop the animal from taking her bag, resulting in a superficialinjury.
Senior Ranger DrL...