Dingoes attract tourists who visit K’gari, but recent events show they “are not puppy dogs”. See what experts and Aboriginal rangers have to say:
people have not been heeding safety warnings and calls to action.
Dingo safety advice includes never feeding the animals, locking up food and food waste, camping in fenced areas, staying in groups and within arm's reach of children and not running. Tessa Waia is the Ranger and Community Engagement Officer at Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation . BAC represent the Native Title interests of the Butchulla people."You've got flyers and leaflets, the visitor operators who drive tour busses, we've got signs right across the island, we've got brochures everywhere. We've also got all our rangers.
"We're not doing this because we want them to have a crappy time. We want them to go out there and enjoy the beauty of K'gari.""[Euthanizing the wongari's] is the last resort, that we never want to get to. I'd rather be pushing for the closure of camp zones. People don't need to be up there." Two five-month-old dingo pups, Kep Kep and Warada, at Taronga Zoo in Sydney. Tourists are being told "dingoes are not puppy dogs."
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