Several tenting zones on Ok’gari, previously often called Fraser Island, have been closed till additional discover because of “increased threatening” dingo behaviour.
Queensland’s Department of Environment and Science issued an alert on Friday afternoon asserting the speedy closure of zones three, 4 and 5.
Those with bookings shall be provided a change, refund or credit score.
“This closure is necessary to reduce negative dingo interactions and allow for ongoing monitoring and dingo management,” the alert reads.
The closed tenting zones sit on Ok’gari’s jap shoreline between The Pinnacles and Poyungan Rocks.
Other tenting areas in zones one, two and 6, and fenced areas at Eli, One Tree, Wongai and Cornwells will stay open.
The announcement comes a day after rangers expressed dismay over a video of a person providing a water bottle to a dingo close to Waddy Point Beach.
“After the recent incidents on K’gari, it is disappointing that anyone would choose to deliberately interact with a wongari (dingo),” senior ranger Linda Behrendorff mentioned.
“People must understand that just one interaction like this can set wongari on the path to becoming habituated, and ignoring this means ignoring the consequences for human safety and for the wongari.
“It is poor people behaviour that causes many of the negative interactions on the island.”
Also on Thursday, two ladies have been attacked in separate incidents by the identical pair of dingoes.
The first occurred about 11.45am when two dingoes approached a bunch of seven adults at Eli Creek, biting one lady on the thigh.
A short while later one other lady was bitten on the thigh after falling over.
All dingo interactions ought to be reported to the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, with on the spot fines for anybody caught feeding or disturbing dingoes.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
