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| Fraser Island dingoes 'starving' with electrified grids, fences |
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Fri 28 Nov, 2008 FRASER Island residents claim dingoes have become emaciated and weak since the electrification of grids and fences on the island. Photographs taken in the past week show malnourished dingoes on the island, including one animal loitering around a rubbish bin at the Eurong dump looking for food. Island resident Bree Jashin said she believed the management of the dingoes needed to be investigated to help improve the health and wellbeing of the animals. "There needs to be a public inquiry into the dingo management strategy on Fraser Island," Ms Jashin said. "The park rangers have very little understanding of this animal." But the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency defended the dingoes' wellbeing and said the animals were "not starving". "It is important to remember that dingoes in the wild are of a naturally lean build," an EPA spokesperson said. "The hierarchical population structure means the dominant animals are likely to prevent access to food by subordinates, and this means there will always be some animals that are in poorer condition than others." Residents sighted the dingoes bringing rats to their pups before electrification of the fences and grids but now some of the dingo mothers are believed to be too weak to feed their young. Dingo management has been an issue since Fraser Island visitor Clinton Gage, 9, died after an attack in 2001. |
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