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Toddler snatched from dingo’s jaws stable
A toddler rescued from a dingo’s jaws after it dragged him from his bed on Fraser Island in Queensland is recovering after surgery.
April 20, 2019
A toddler dragged from his bed by a dingo on Queensland’s Fraser Island is recovering in hospital with a fractured skull and cuts to his head and neck, following surgery.
The 14-month-old boy’s family were camping in a remote area of the island in the state’s southeast on Thursday night when two dingoes entered their camper trailer as they slept.
One of the dingoes bit the boy’s neck and began dragging him into the bush by his head before his father heard his screams and fought the dogs off.
The boy was flown to Brisbane’s Children Hospital, where he is in a stable condition after surgery for wounds to his neck and skull, a hospital spokeswoman said on Saturday.
The boy’s parents said their son was recovering following a second round of surgery.
“Our son is doing well and in a stable condition,” they said in a statement.
“He has suffered multiple puncture wounds to his neck and skull and is also being treated for a fracture to his skull.”
This was the third dingo attack on Fraser Island this year.
In February, a nine-year-old boy and his mother were admitted to hospital after a dingo pack chased them down and mauled them.
It followed a January attack on a six-year-old boy who was bitten on the legs while camping with his family in the same area as the toddler attacked on Friday.