Rangers are urging tourists not to walk alone on K’gari after a woman was bitten by a dingo in the latest attack.
The Port Macquarie surfer who fought off a four-metre white shark is in a serious but stable condition,while Lighthouse Beach has reopened to swimmers and surfers.
Surfers rushed to the 44-year-old’s aid on Friday morning and gave him “the best response he could have had”.
The mauling of two soldiers by a crocodile in Far North Queensland has left the Australian Defence Force facing court on charges of inadequate training and workplace safety failures.
A dingo has bitten a woman on the popular Queensland tourist island of K’gari after encircling a separate group of adults and being scared away.
One incident required a hospital visit by an injured law enforcement officer,records obtained by a conservative activist group revealed.
One of the dingoes involved in an attack on a 23-year-old woman on K’gari has been captured and humanely euthanised.
Rangers confirmed that at least one of the animals in the pack that attacked the woman was classified as a risk and has a collar with a device to track movement and behaviour.
Four dingoes attacked the woman while she was jogging,and she ran into the water in a bid to escape.
“There is some atrocious and entitled dog owner behaviour out there which needs to be addressed,” MP Tjorn Sibma said. “Everybody has a dangerous dog story of one kind or another.”
Orcas are known to be extremely intelligent and they can teach one another certain behaviours,including actions that could be interpreted as violent.