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Tourists on alert as dingoes attack woman on Australia’s K’gari island

Picture courtesy of AP.

A chilling episode unfolded on Australia‘s island of K’gari, as a 24 year old woman experienced the fear and trauma of being chased and attacked by a pack of dingoes. K’gari is the world’s largest sand island, located in the state of Queensland.

The unfortunate incident yesterday prompted the Australian authorities to issue warnings to tourists on the island regarding their safety while venturing outside their accommodation.

This event marks the latest encounter between humans and dingoes on K’gari, an island known as a national park and a place registered as a World Heritage Site. It’s home to the Australian wild dogs, or dingoes, referred to as Woggaries by the Butchulla people. Following the end of Covid-19 restrictions, it was noted that the dingoes began to be less afraid around humans, AP reported.

Linda Behrendorff, a wildlife ranger,…

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