I wonder what Lindy is thinking about this right now?

vince56 wrote:

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I wonder what Lindy is thinking about this right now?

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 Probably wondering if she will get some apologies from all those who put her in jail, all that time ago.

Iza

Need to kill all those wild dogs. Dingos having been brought be back from a light persistence Hunter.. to this apparent ramp it up along the wolf pack phenomenon that goes along with this dog fertility and Alonso hunting constraints. ... these dogs must all be killed. The people taking these story's to the Lugenpresse.. Even themselves have no clue what they are reporting on.

Fraser Island dingoes are considered to be the most genetically pure group of all our dingoes. We don't need a cull of any kind, we actually need to be aware it's their turf not ours and they are NOT domestic pets.

Would be interested to know where they were camped. Were they in a designated camp ground with a fence with their door open at night or were they parked up somewhere on their own with the door open at night? Sounds like a dangerous place to go. Hope the little boy is ok.

News paper article reports that paramedic said "...dog had popped open clips on Family's camper van to reach the sleeping 14 Month toddler...", Another 5yo child was not touched. Father woke to baby's fading crys.

Father had to remove that baby from dogs jaws when he caught up with dog some meters from the camper trailer ... Says was trailer was parked outside the designated camping area , at Eurong Road,, Eurong at 12:40 AM Good Friday
Front Page Courier mail and pages 4.5 , todays Courier Mail


Nothing mentioned about a fence or open door , I saw in articale
Says dog actually opened the the clips on flap
I'm not familiar with the camping area.

I lived for several years on the Fraser Coast area of Queensland and have spent a lot of time on the water there and on the Island from time to time, friends who were born and raised there spend much time on the Island and have raised their children using it for holiday trips. The Dingo is a wild Dog but if visitors take sensible precautions and in particular do not allow small children to wander away from the adults there should be no problem with the Dingo.

And don't feed them.

Rangers removed many of them and released them on the mainland a decade ago and that was a mistake, domestic Dogs and other animals were attacked and pets turned wild Dogs found new partners to mate with. I was told about a young mother with her baby in a pram walking on a country road near her home who was stalked by wild Dogs, the informant had several Dogs he used for Pig hunting, huge Dogs, and when he let them out for their usual afternoon exercise they raced away and down the road towards the mother and child, she was apparently terrified, but the Pig Dogs raced past and dealt with the wild Dogs that were stalking the neighbour. She reported the incident to Council Rangers but they decided, correctly, that the Pig Dogs were lifesavers.

By the way, a contractor wild Dog exterminator told me that one of the worst examples, cunning and vicious, was a Fox Terrier gone feral.

Children must be taught not to try and pat Dogs they are not familiar with, and please ask the handler first before attempting to pat a Dog, adults included. It's not that the pet Dog is dangerous, just wary of strangers.

Phillipn wrote:

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blaze wrote:

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people not the dingo, people feeding the dingos create an animal with no fear. Just stop the boats/barges
cheers
blaze

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 If it was your child or grandchild you would not write such Bull$hit.

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 yes I would and would and have taught my kids and grand kids wild/ domestic animals can and will hurt you. Humans are the worst kind of animal

have a good day

cheers

blaze

Warran-Pat, Feeding stations for dingoes have been ruled out a few times now. It's considered likely to exasperate rather than improve the issues associated with visitors feeding the dingoes as well as upsetting the predator-prey balance. There are still brumbies in Fraser but they never formed a major part of the dingo's very diverse diet so reduced numbers can't be blamed esp as dingoes are really starving. As long as people think they are cute doggies that need a pat or starving creatures that need a hand-out, the situation won't improve and will only become worse. Restrictions on people (ie where they camp or even numbers of visitors), not restricting native animals any more than fencing off campgrounds and more visitor education are the only solutions. Dingoes are no different to crocs, snakes, sharks or idiot drivers. They are all things best watched from a distance.

Good luck to any parent that can teach a 14 month old baby as to the dangers of a wild dingo.

I have just watched a news report this morning from a ranger reporting on the incident.
He stated that the parents did nothing wrong with their camping procedures and it was the two dingoes that somehow infiltrated the camp where the child was sleeping.

Two solutions are probably obvious but this will divide the camp (no pun intended)

1. Close the island to camping thus eliminating the effect of humans interacting (feeding) the wild animals.

2. Cull the dingoes to a manageable level. ( Read, not eliminate them, just maintain the numbers so that they may be more easily managed ).

Maybe No 2 will cause the most outrage but the simple fact is, is that our world is becoming overpopulated and us humans, due to our numbers and recreational lifestyle requirements, are encroaching further and further into our native animals territories.
Most of the humans wont want the island closed.

Probably could add a number three cull the humans but it would be too confusing picking the ones to get rid of although I would imagine that many of us would privately pick an opposing group.

yobarr wrote:

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bentaxlebabe wrote:

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Good luck to any parent that can teach a 14 month old baby as to the dangers of a wild dingo.

1. Close the island to camping thus eliminating the effect of humans interacting (feeding) the wild animals.

Your comment is exactly what I was expecting.The point I was making is that the childs safety is the responsibility of the the parents.There are reports the family was camping outside the designated camping area....this is highly irresponsible behaviour.Do we get rid of any creature that any member of society deems dangerous,or do we take some responsibility for our own actions.Sadly,there are many people who are quick to blame anybody except themselves when their actions cause them grief.We can only hope that this child quickly makes a full recovery,but the parents need look no further than themselves when seeking to apportion blame.Cheers

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 Totally agree. 

bentaxlebabe wrote:

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I have just watched a news report this morning from a ranger reporting on the incident.
He stated that the parents did nothing wrong with their camping procedures and it was the two dingoes that somehow infiltrated the camp where the child was sleeping.

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 The reporting around the incident has been typical of the need to get something out there as click-bait.    Opinions and judgements and plain lack of facts abound.   I have read and heard everything from Campervan, camper trailer, soft floor camper, caravan, open door, canvas flap door, clever dingos that can undo "clips", and camped in the wrong area. 

At this end of the story, I am just happy the child has survived.   At the other end of the story, I am reminded of the hard time a grieving mother and father and siblings received when a dingo went into a tent and carried off a baby.

Iza 

Come on its a simple case of not feeding wild animals, possums will attack you also, expecting a feed after someone has unknowing of what happens , has feed them.

Gooday,

 I never ever doubted the Story with the Chamberlains, when I worked out in the bush properly in The Kimberlys many years ago we had more than one occasion of Dingos going into the tent and taking food left accessible and not wanting to give it back.  

Like all Wild Animals they need to treated with great respect in their own Habitat.