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19-04-2019, 03:29 AM
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A Dingo Took my Baby

Carefull when you are on holiday.

Two dingoes have dragged a sleeping toddler from a camper trailer on Fraser Island off Queensland's coast.

The boy suffered a fractured skull, two deep lacerations to the back of his neck and head, and several minor lacerations to the back of the scalp.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-...sland/11031828

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What a horrible thing to happen. Hadn't realised there were still any dingos around. Do they attack people often, Bruce?

I remember a similar case where no-one believed the mother and she went to gaol. They made a film about it - starring Meryl Streep (I think).
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Indeed they did .
It took Lindy Chamballain over 30 years to get the courts to put down taken by dingo on the death certificate .
The case caused national hysteria and hate even though there was no evidence against her at all .
All to the contrary in fact -( the evidence of the aborigine tracker -who was a woman was ignored ) despite that and the fact she was pregnant she was given life with hard labour .
It was partly her demeanour -people just hated her and the fact they were seventh day adventists .
Ignorance and injustice had a field day .
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Thank you, Muddy, I couldn't remember the details.
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19-04-2019, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Silver Tabby ->
What a horrible thing to happen. Hadn't realised there were still any dingos around. Do they attack people often, Bruce?

I remember a similar case where no-one believed the mother and she went to gaol. They made a film about it - starring Meryl Streep (I think).
They're a wild animal. On Frser Island there have been people bitten by them before and a lot of people have called for a cull to reduce numbers.

The problem is stupid people feed wild animals, it makes them lose their fear of humans. Personally I am dead against it be it a bird or a dog.
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Why not cull stupid parents instead?
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Originally Posted by Bruce ->
Carefull when you are on holiday.

Two dingoes have dragged a sleeping toddler from a camper trailer on Fraser Island off Queensland's coast.
Where were the parents?
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Originally Posted by Besoeker ->
Where were the parents?
Apparently they were woken by the child's cries!
I hope the child recovers well but I also hope the parents will learn that taking children camping, in anything that isn't secure, is not a great idea where dangerous animals are found.

The dingo was probably just looking for food !
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Originally Posted by Twink55 ->
Apparently they were woken by the child's cries!
I hope the child recovers well but I also hope the parents will learn that taking children camping, in anything that isn't secure, is not a great idea where dangerous animals are found.

The dingo was probably just looking for food !
Yes, but how did it get in?
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Originally Posted by Besoeker ->
Yes, but how did it get in?
I have no idea, but it is warm there so maybe an open window. If it was a trailer tent I am sure it could rip the canvas!
Not somewhere I would want to put a child to sleep
 
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