Brisbane, Australia - Tourists are at extreme risk of being attacked by wild dogs on a popular island off the coast of eastern Australia, according to a report presented on Thursday.
The Queensland state government commissioned a month long risk assessment of wild dogs, known as dingoes, following the fatal mauling of a 9-year-old Australian boy on Fraser Island.
It concluded that travellers camping at two sites on the island are in extreme danger of being attacked by the dogs, while another 16 sites are high or medium risk areas.
One of the grounds listed in the extreme risk category was Waddy Point, where 9-year-old Clinton Gage was attacked and killed by dingoes on April 30. His 7-year-old brother was also savaged but survived.
Rangers on the island were immediately given orders to shoot any dingoes found in the camping grounds. More than 30 of the islands' estimated 200 wild dogs have since been destroyed.
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