Everyone knows Australia can be a dangerous place

[Bretrick]

What with Sharks, Funnel Web Spiders, Crocodiles, Snakes and the rest.
Tourists need to be on high alert when travelling outside the metropolitan areas.
A 19-year-old Canadian female teenager travelled from Canada to Australia, and she ended up on Fraser Island, the world’s largest sand island.
Fraser Island is the home of approximately 200 Dingoes. The Dingo is Australia’s wild dog and is an apex predator.



Miss James went swimming alone at 5am on Monday 19th January. Unfortunately, her body was found about an hour later surrounded by Dingoes.
It is not known whether she drowned or had an encounter with sharks.
An autopsy on Wednesday has been unable to confirm the cause of death.
K'gari traditional owners raise issues with dingo management after teen's death

 

[jujube]

I just finished reading Bill Bryson's "In a Sunburned Country". My take on it is that there are more things in Australia that can kill you quickly and painfully than any place else on earth (and they're not all animals).

I still want to go, though. Really, really want to go.

 

[smiley]

To keep it simple we have two styles of life - city and its suburbs life and country life - they both require quite different sets of knowledge and skills to survive - city skills will probably be like your own but country - try watching "Back Roads" series - you'll love them and may even survive a visit?/

backroads -one of them

 

[Tish]

It's a shame that many people fail to heed the warning.
These are not cute little puppies.


My heart goes out to her family and friends.

 

[Wombat]

It's a dangerous place, it's a wonder anyone survives.

 

[smiley]

and probably in every other country too ? murder is about deranged humans not Australia!

 

[Paladin1950]

 

[Been There]

The most dangerous animals here in the U.S. are humans. We have bees, venomous snakes and a few bears that kill. If people are stupid and try to pet a 2000 pound Bison, they may get gored. Yes, it has happened. All in all, I would say humans kill more, many more than animals. Very few if any are killed by sharks or gators on an average basis.

Humans kill about 22-24,000 per year.

 

[Bretrick]

A coroner's report found the 19-year-old was bitten by dingoes before she died, but drowning was the most likely cause of death.
The Queensland government has put down six dingoes involved in the death of a Canadian backpacker on Fraser Island, with more to be culled in the coming days.

 

[smiley]

A coroner's report found the 19-year-old was bitten by dingoes before she died, but drowning was the most likely cause of death.
The Queensland government has put down six dingoes involved in the death of a Canadian backpacker on Fraser Island, with more to be culled in the coming days.

and this is to teach other dingoes not to bite??

 

[Bretrick]

and this is to teach other dingoes not to bite??

I think what this decision is all about is money.
Must keep the tourists coming to the island. If animals are a perceived threat, then they must be removed.
Animals always come off second best.
Personally, I would make Fraser Island people free.

 

[Bretrick]

The coroner's report into the death of Canadian backpacker on Fraser Island has been released.
Drowning by dingoes has been ruled as the official cause of death of Canadian teenager Piper James.
A spokesperson for the Coroners Court of Queensland said Ms James died as a result of drowning in the setting of multiple injuries, due to, or as a consequence of a dingo attack.

Drowning due to dingo attack cause of death for K'gari backpacker, coroner says

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Shortly before you posted this, I'd read an article with practically the same title as your thread. It brought back memories of reading about an Australian mother who went into her two year old's bedroom to find a snake wrapped around her neck. She saved her daughter just in time, but how terrifying that must've been. A lot of what I read about dangerous encounters in Australia involve snakes. I wasn't aware of dingoes. What a horrible way to die! Poor thing...may she R.I.P.