Dingoes put to death after girl attacked
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April 27, 2011, Wednesday
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TWO dingoes that mauled a 3-year-old girl on an Australian beach have been caught and destroyed, officials said yesterday.
The girl suffered bites to her legs when the native wild dogs attacked her on Monday after she wandered away from her family and into sand dunes on Fraser Island in northeastern Queensland state.
The two dogs blamed for the attack were trapped yesterday and put down humanely, Environment Department general manager Terry Harper said.
More than 200 dingoes live on Fraser Island, a popular tourist spot north of the state capital, Brisbane. Fraser Island is thought to be among the last refuges for purebred dingoes, and they are a protected species in the island's national park.
Dingoes are also protected in some other parts of Australia, though in many places dingoes that have crossbred with feral dogs are killed as pests.
The most famous dingo attack in Australia was in 1980, when Lindy Chamberlain reported seeing a dog carry her infant daughter, Azaria, away from a tent during a camping trip to Uluru, or Ayers Rock, in Australia's central desert.
Chamberlain was tried for murder before appeals and judicial inquiries exonerated her and found the dingo claims to be true. Azaria's body was never found. The story was made into the 1988 film "A Cry in the Dark," which earned Meryl Streep an Oscar nomination.
The girl suffered bites to her legs when the native wild dogs attacked her on Monday after she wandered away from her family and into sand dunes on Fraser Island in northeastern Queensland state.
The two dogs blamed for the attack were trapped yesterday and put down humanely, Environment Department general manager Terry Harper said.
More than 200 dingoes live on Fraser Island, a popular tourist spot north of the state capital, Brisbane. Fraser Island is thought to be among the last refuges for purebred dingoes, and they are a protected species in the island's national park.
Dingoes are also protected in some other parts of Australia, though in many places dingoes that have crossbred with feral dogs are killed as pests.
The most famous dingo attack in Australia was in 1980, when Lindy Chamberlain reported seeing a dog carry her infant daughter, Azaria, away from a tent during a camping trip to Uluru, or Ayers Rock, in Australia's central desert.
Chamberlain was tried for murder before appeals and judicial inquiries exonerated her and found the dingo claims to be true. Azaria's body was never found. The story was made into the 1988 film "A Cry in the Dark," which earned Meryl Streep an Oscar nomination.
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