Dingo Attack on Fraser Island

Check how people (especially kids) have been bitten previously, most times it’s due to a lack of supervision.
The six million dollar question here is....how did the dogs get access to the child? My guess is it was sleeping in an annex area with no floor / not fully enclosed....which is not exactly ideal when wild animals are about.
Until the actual full details of what occurred come out, all we can do is guess what happened though

Unfortunately, Michelle, I fear you may be correct.
There's reported to be a search ongoing for the "culprit" dogs ... one cannot but wonder how the authorities will determine the guilt (or innocence) of the dogs they locate, and how they'll be absolutely certain that the dogs they kill (as kill some, they almost surely will) were the ones responsible.

From an online newspaper report,

"It's understood one dingo was able to pop a clip on the side of the camper trailer, allowing it to sneak into the vehicle through a small gap in the canvas access flap."

What made it want to go into the camper, food smells?

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Pedro, there are already several fenced camping areas but not everyone chooses to use them.

Culling? No,I would not want them to be culled.
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Neither would I pedro. It was mentioned today on a Sydney talk back radio station that about fifteen have been shot recently and if it does not stop, the island will loose its world heritage listing.

Why the heck would you want to camp there in a cramped in fenced pen area away from the beach, when you can camp on the beach with water views?....been beach camping on the island there with my kids since both were 6 months old (oldest now 16) and never had an issue with the dingos, but we treat them as the wild animal they are and put food and rubbish away and watch our kids like hawks. Personally I think some of the clowns behind the wheel of 4wd’s there are a much bigger danger to my kids then the dingos ever were.

Pedro,wont be eating my words any time soon.

'Personally, I think its time to close the island to visitors or at least impose much higher restrictions on visitor numbers and times of year etc.'

Yeah, but the Ayers Rock 'dingo' was mentioned, so lets close Australia?

Anywhere, anytime someone could be attacked by all sorts of wild things. Or be injured doing all manner of activities.

Why not have people take actions that protect themselves and family rather than call for bans.

Kangaroos are just as dangerous as dingoes, particularly the big bucks - these are all wild animals, you don't treat them like pets, you treat them as the unpredictable, wild, and often vicious animals, that they are.

The problem stems from owners of wildlife sanctuaries and tourism ventures, letting tourists pet these types of animals, and lulling people into thinking all wild animals are just big cuddly pets, waiting to be hand fed and patted.

As with croc-feeding, encouraging contact with wild animals should be banned - educate people to treat animals in the wild with respect and extreme wariness.
Feeding of wild animals is the worst thing you can do, let them find their own food, and keep them very wary of humans.

In the old days, the wild animals would turn and run on the sight of a human, knowing full well they would soon be on the receiving end of some flying lead to keep them at bay. Personally, I don't think that's a bad idea.

Cheers, Ron.