A little girl has been hospitalized after being attacked by a dingo on the Australian island of K’gari-Fraser. The little girl was swimming when the dingo “tried to catch her and reportedly held her underwater for a few seconds” (age not disclosed), rescuers said.
Rescued by family members
His relatives, who were nearby, rushed to rescue him from the dingo, but were bitten on the young woman’s head and fingers. The girl, who was given the first aid by the medical teams who came to the scene, was taken to the hospital where her health is good. The LifeFlight air ambulance reported that its crew were called to duty yesterday at 4:40 p.m. local time on Monday. K’gari-Fraser Island, a popular Queensland World Heritage-listed tourist destination, is also home to around 200 wild dingoes. There are strict rules, you cannot feed the animals, there are heavy fines for violators. Fraser Island dingoes are more curious and less cautious than mainland dingoes, and authorities warn visitors not to walk in groups.
Like any wild animal, a dingo can be very unpredictable. Dingoes were first introduced to Australia between 3,000 and 4,000 years ago and are thought to have descended from a domesticated dog brought from Indonesia. Dingo is considered a wild dog. Dingo and human live together in close relationship but do not depend on each other for survival. The two hunt and rest together. Dingo is comfortable in human presence but can live independently of it.
In 2022, a five-year-old boy was flown to hospital after being bitten on the head, arm and hip after another attack on the same beach. A tragedy in 2001: a nine-year-old boy died near an island camp in Australia’s first deadly dingo attack since the disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain (who was only nine weeks old) on Uluru-Ayers Cliff in 1980.
Chamberlain’s case
Chamberlain’s case shook Australia. Dingoes were at the center of one of the most controversial cases in the continent’s recent history. The disappearance of Australian girl Azaria Chamberlain is based on her disappearance during a camping trip with her family on the night of 17 August 1980; His body was never found. His family claimed that he was taken from their tent by a dingo; For a long time this version was found unconvincing, and despite the absence of bodies, grounds and witnesses, the two parents were tried and convicted of murder until three years later a piece of the girl’s dress was found near a dingo. Subsequently, new investigations were opened, which led to the cancellation of the conviction.
In 2012, 32 years after Azaria’s death, Chamberlains’ version of the facts was formally accepted by a forensic officer. Numerous books have been written about the case, and there are several references to the case in popular culture, such as the English idiom “A dingo eat my baby.” The story became a television movie, a feature film called A Cry in the Night, a television mini-series, a comedy, a concept album by Australian band The Paradise Motel, and a stage play.
Source: Today IT
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