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A four-year-old boy has been bitten by a dingo at Orchid Beach on Fraser Island.
It comes just weeks after a toddler was injured in an attack at the same spot after wandering from his family’s holiday accomodation at night.
The Fraser Coast Chronicle can reveal the latest incident occurred when two boys, aged four and five were approached by a dingo near a car parked outside a home at Orchid Beach on Saturday.
According to a Department of Envirnment and Science spokesman, the dingo sniffed the five-year-old boy and the children ran towards the house.
At this point, the four-year-old boy was bitten on the thigh.
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Subscriber only The person who came to the rescue of a toddler, who was being attacked by a dingo on Fraser Island, has been identified. Ranger in Charge Linda Behrendorff said the first responder emailed Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) via the dingo.ranger@des.qld.gov.au and was contacted by a ranger. They advised they were alerted to the incident by the child s screams and ran outside to assist, Ms Behrendorff said. QPWS would like to thank the first responders for their actions that most likely saved the little boy s life. The person said the dingo growled at them as they tried to scare it away from the child, and when it moved away from the scene they were able to retrieve the child and provide first aid.