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Dingo attacks aren't rare at all, but most of them happen on Fraser Island not on the mainland. From the www.answers.com entry on dingos:

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Dingos have received bad publicity in recent years as a result of the highly publicised Azaria Chamberlain disappearance and also because of dingo attacks on Fraser Island in Queensland. In 2001 around 200 dingoes lived on the island, and 20 people were attacked in the preceding 6 years.[8] In April 2001 a 9 year old was killed in one such attack near Waddy Point on Fraser Island.[8] This lead to a cull of the animals which were actually protected by law. The owners of the island, the Ngulungbara people, fought the cull through a legal injunction.[9] In all 65 dingoes were eventually culled. In 2004 more legal battles began after a dingo entered a bedroom in Kingfisher Bay resort where 2 young children were present.[10] More recently in September 2006 a dingo was shot dead by Parks and Wildlife rangers after attacking a 4 year old child who had been playing in shallow water near Eurong on the island.[11]

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In general, no, we're not "under attack" from dingos and the attacks aren't really increasing, but it is a major issue in areas where dingos are common.

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~Chrisell~

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