Some Just Don't Learn! Tourist poses with dingo in same spot where 6-year-old was mauled brutally
K’GARI, AUSTRALIA: A woman has received hatred online after she posted a video sharing screen with a dingo on K'gari, formerly Fraser Island. The person has not been identified and when she took the selfie with the wild animal but her clip emerged online just a few days after a six-year-old girl suffered injuries Monday, April 3, after being attacked by a dingo at the same place.
In the Friday video, April 7, the tourist was seen smiling and capturing the dingo not very far from it. It happened nearly a week after the animal mauled the little girl as she swam in shallow water at Waddy Point Beach on the island's eastern coast. Soon, people began to blast the woman.
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‘Her stupidity is going to cause Fraser Island closure’
Commenting below a Facebook share, a user wrote, “Some people just don't learn, do they. For goodness sake, please respect the fact that they are wild animals & leave them alone.” The second user said, “And THIS is a perfect example of how it all goes wrong!! They are NOT domesticated dogs, despite their appearance...and people do not realise this fact. The reason they actually approach humans is due to the constant/repeated actions of people either offering or leaving food available....because of the belief that they 'are just like dogs'!!... THEY ARE NOT!!”
“I'm not sure that people realise that Dingos have a strong jaw that can do damage. They are wild animals, please don't treat them like a dog. They are dangerous,” the third user mentioned, and the fourth one posted, “Her stupidity is going to cause Fraser Island closure and if that happens, we can blame it on this person 😡 respect the wildlife and leave them alone.”
The fifth user commented, “All good fun until someone gets hurt. (Never trust animals, especially in the wild).” “And when she gets bitten she will have to use resources to get her to hospital - or the next person that dingo comes up to he may attack ….. and most likely an innocent child …. Yep good on ya ! 🙄” a comment read.
Another comment said, “Another second or 2 with her back turned it would have pounced. We will be reading a different article. Maybe its not so bad and she hasn't had kids yet.” “There are huge signs saying this is how you act around the dingos and this is why people and children are getting hurt by not respecting the dingos they are not domesticated dogs yes they might cute but it can go terribly wrong and people are not meant to feed neither they may look skinny but they are healthy now dingos are going to up to people and their cars looking for food and the dogs will become reliant on people and be really aggressive,” a person advised.
Meanwhile, according to Queensland Ambulance Service supervisor Martin Kelly as reported by the Daily Mail, "They [Dingos] learn behaviors, and the more they interact with humans, the less they become concerned about us. When they become more confident, they're more likely to attack people."
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