It is believed Moreton Bay Regional Council employee Sarah Peet has as much as 30 lacerations to her arms, legs and torso after the incident on Monday.
She was being handled at Hervey Bay Hospital and remained in a secure situation on Tuesday night.
The chief of the pack is thought to rangers as CC Green, who has attacked a baby earlier than and has been raiding campsites.
Rangers spent the day handing out plastic poles known as dingo sticks as they warned folks on K’gari, previously referred to as Fraser Island, to be protected.
Damien Hansen, a fisherman who noticed what occurred, recognized the pack, which he mentioned continued to assault after the girl bumped into the water.
“She ended up running in the surf and they started mauling her in the surf,” he mentioned.
An excellent Samaritan raced to her rescue and later instructed the fisherman the harrowing story.
“He went out there and was trying to get these dingoes off and they just kept going,” Hansen mentioned.
“He reckons he ended up belting this one in the mouth with his fist.”
It is believed the girl was preventing the canines for a number of minutes.
“She was about to give up,” Hansen mentioned.
Rangers continued to observe the dingo all through the day.
If it’s determined by Queensland Parks and Wildlife that it must be euthanised, they’ll tranquillise the animal.
More dingoes, also referred to as wongari, could possibly be culled on the island after the assault.
Queensland Environment Minister Leanne Linard mentioned she’s travelling to the island on Wednesday to talk to rangers and conventional house owners.
“That’s obviously a consideration that will be made; it is a significant step to euthanise a dingo,” Linard mentioned.
She mentioned officers are “continuing to investigate” what occurred and have recognized one of many dingoes as being concerned in a earlier interplay.
Linard mentioned she might be speaking about administration of the 200 dingoes on the island to see if present measures are sufficient.
Tracking collars have been used on dingoes on K’gari since 2011 to permit rangers to trace their actions and monitor behaviour.
A dingo was culled final month after an incident, the primary since 2019, Linard mentioned.
“We want to reduce the number of negative interactions,” she mentioned.
“I know people love to see dingoes when they go to the island, but there can be negative interactions if precautions are not taken.
“They might look cute, they might appear like canines however they don’t seem to be, they’re wild animals.”
Source: www.9news.com.au
