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In some situations, however, such as on K'gari and some locations in the Northern Territory, close interaction between dingoes and humans, especially feeding dingoes, has led to dangerous habituation and attacks. [1] Dingo attacks on livestock, however, are fairly common occurrences and a serious concern for the Australian livestock industry. [3]
On 12 June 2012, at a fourth coronial inquest into the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain, Morris ruled that a dingo was responsible for her death in 1980. [4] Morris made the finding in the light of subsequent reports of dingo attacks on humans causing injury and even death. She stated, "Azaria Chamberlain died at Ayers Rock on 17 August 1980.
"A dingo ate my baby!" is a cry popularly attributed to Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton , as part of the 1980 death of Azaria Chamberlain case, at Uluru in the Northern Territory , Australia. The Chamberlain family had been camping near the rock when their nine-week-old daughter was taken from their tent.
Two women have been fined for taking selfies with dingoes on a popular Australian tourist island as wildlife rangers ramp up warnings after a spate of ferocious attacks with the native wild dogs.
Attacks on humans by dingoes are rare, with only two recorded fatalities in Australia. Dingoes are normally shy of humans and avoid encounters with them. The most famous record of a dingo attack was the 1980 disappearance of nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain.
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Most attacks involve people feeding wild dingoes, particularly on K'gari (formerly Fraser Island), which is a special centre of dingo-related tourism. The vast majority of dingo attacks are minor in nature, but some can be major, and a few have been fatal: the death of two-month-old Azaria Chamberlain in the Northern Territory in