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in reply to a message by Lizzie_Jay
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:
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]
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.
~Chrisell~
Proudly Australian
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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]
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.
Proudly Australian www.archaeochrisell.blogspot.com
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Is "cull" the same as "kill"?
This word is not in my dictionary.
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This word is not in my dictionary.
- She said he made a racial slur!
- Racial? She is Swedish!
- Maybe he called her Meatball.
Equality never goes out of style.
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A "cull" is a planned animal kill aimed at reducing the numbers of an animal that has become so over-populated that it is causing a nuisance.
~Chrisell~
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www.archaeochrisell.blogspot.com
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I never heard anything more terrible in my life. Killing innocent animals because WE think there are too many. That's sick.
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Um . . .
We think there are too many because they don't have enough food for their numbers, so the ones that miss out on the available normal prey attack and sometimes kill small children because they're hungry. Would you prefer us to feed them children than cull them?
Culls of other animals have also occurred where the animals had insufficient resources. If you've got 10,000 kangaroos and you *know* 4,000 of them are going to starve to death, it's a pretty horrible sight to just let them starve. Better to humanely cull them than wait for them to die.
~Chrisell~
Proudly Australian
www.archaeochrisell.blogspot.com
We think there are too many because they don't have enough food for their numbers, so the ones that miss out on the available normal prey attack and sometimes kill small children because they're hungry. Would you prefer us to feed them children than cull them?
Culls of other animals have also occurred where the animals had insufficient resources. If you've got 10,000 kangaroos and you *know* 4,000 of them are going to starve to death, it's a pretty horrible sight to just let them starve. Better to humanely cull them than wait for them to die.
Proudly Australian www.archaeochrisell.blogspot.com
This message was edited 10/29/2006, 2:25 PM
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why WE would think that
There are also animals that are brought by humans to a foreign country (like Australia when the first settlers came), they ran out in the wild and the problem was that they didn't have natural enemies, so they disrupted the balance in the ecosystem. Then these animals were controlled by humans by killing them when they become to numerous. Then it becomes a matterof people cleaning up their own mess. Personally, I don't like it (I'd prefer sterilisation of some other measures).
There are also animals that are brought by humans to a foreign country (like Australia when the first settlers came), they ran out in the wild and the problem was that they didn't have natural enemies, so they disrupted the balance in the ecosystem. Then these animals were controlled by humans by killing them when they become to numerous. Then it becomes a matterof people cleaning up their own mess. Personally, I don't like it (I'd prefer sterilisation of some other measures).
This message was edited 10/29/2006, 8:31 AM
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Thank you. Though whether there is an overpopulation and nuisance or not, is obvious sometimes controversial.
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- She said he made a racial slur!
- Racial? She is Swedish!
- Maybe he called her Meatball.
Equality never goes out of style.
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