A two-year old boy has been bitten by a dingo on K’gari as his family were trying to get in their car seeing the dad chase the dog away.
The family were leaving Lake McKenzie on the island, formerly known as Fraser Island, and were in the car park when the father saw the dingo near the right-hand side of the car on Thursday afternoon.
He told his family to get into the left-hand side of the car, but the dingo walked to the other side of the road before approaching the front of the vehicle.
According to Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, the dingo ran to the front of the car and bit the two-year-old boy on his right thigh, leaving two puncture wounds on his leg.
The father chased the dingo away from the family.
The family drove to Eurong and reported the incident to rangers before they went to Kingfisher Resort on the island for further treatment to the boy’s injuries.
Rangers on K’gari are now attempting to identify the untagged female dingo (wongari) that bit the child and have been patrolling the area around Lake McKenzie.
Parks and wildlife rangers continue to patrol the area and are attempting to identify the dingo, which is untagged and believed to be female.
Visitors and residents are being urged to remain vigilant and keeping children at an arms length from the animal.
They are warned not to let children walk alone or carry sticks while on the island.