A toddler rescued from a dingo’s jaws after it dragged him from his bed on Fraser Island in Queensland has been discharged from hospital.

April 23, 2019

A toddler, who suffered a fractured skull after he was dragged from a camp bed by a dingo on Queensland’s Fraser Island, is on his way home from hospital.

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.

He was flown to Brisbane for surgery on Friday following the attack, which also left the boy with puncture wounds to his head and neck.

On Tuesday, the boy’s parents thanked emergency service personnel and hospital staff for the care given to their son.

“Our son is doing well and we anticipate a full recovery,” they said in a statement on Tuesday.

It was the third dingo attack on Fraser Island this year and has resulted in increased ranger patrols of the island over the rest of the Easter and Anzac Day holidays.

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.

An urgent review will assess the management of the island’s dingo population.

Officials will also look at other ways to prevent dangerous interactions between the animals and visitors, along with a review of how people are educated about dingoes.