5 h. ago Killing of K’gari dingoes in wake of backpacker’s death could create ‘extinction vortex’, expert says

Queensland government says it has already killed six of the 10 dingoes seen near the body of 19-year-old Piper James Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDingo experts have said a decision to kill a 10-strong pack of the animals linked with the death of Canadian tourist Piper James on K’gari could push the island’s population towards extinction while doing little to protect humans.The Queensland government revealed on Sunday it had already killed six of the pack seen around the body of the 19-year-old in a move that has angered the island’s traditional owners who have said they were not consulted. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Dingoes on Australia’s K’gari island to be euthanised after tragic death of Canadian tourist Piper James

Queensland government says pack linked to 19-year-old’s death pose ‘unacceptable public safety risk’ as Indigenous traditional owners say they were not consultedThe dingo pack linked to the death of Canadian tourist Piper James on Australian island K’gari will be destroyed, the Queensland government has announced.Environment minister Andrew Powell said on Sunday that an entire pack of 10 animals would be euthanised. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Dingoes on Australia’s K’gari island to be euthanised after death of Canadian tourist Piper James

Queensland government says pack linked to 19-year-old’s death pose ‘unacceptable public safety risk’ as Indigenous traditional owners say they were not consultedThe dingo pack linked to the death of Canadian tourist Piper James on Australian island K’gari will be destroyed, the Queensland government has announced.Environment minister Andrew Powell said on Sunday that an entire pack of 10 animals would be euthanised. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Harrowing new details emerge about how Canadian backpacker died on K'gari

Preliminary autopsy results have revealed more details about what happened to Piper James, the Canadian teen found dead on K'gari.

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69 h. ago Canadian backpacker’s death poses question for Queensland’s K’gari: can dingoes and tourists coexist?

Coroner is yet to determine the cause of death of Piper James, a 19-year-old Canadian woman found surrounded by dingoes on MondayIn the early hours of Monday morning, a young woman’s body was found being mauled by a pack of dingoes near a shipwreck on a windswept stretch of white sand beach on an island off the east coast of Australia.The island was K’gari, formerly known as Fraser Island, in southern Queensland, home to about 150 human inhabitants and a population of dingoes genetically distinct from those on the mainland. Called wongari in the language of its Butchulla traditional owners, the lean yellow and white canids are sacred to the First People and indelibly entwined in the cultural fabric of this world-heritage listed sand island. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Major update on woman, 19, found dead surrounded by dingoes as her autopsy is released

The 19-year-old Canadian backpacker's body was discovered on the shoreline of Queensland's world-famous island on Monday surrounded by a pack of 10 dingoes.

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3 d. ago Piper James autopsy finds ‘evidence consistent with drowning and injuries consistent with dingo bites’

Canadian backpacker, 19, was found dead on K’gari island earlier this week surrounded by pack of wild dingoesThe autopsy of Piper James, whose body was found on K’gari surrounded by a pack of dingoes, has found “physical evidence consistent with drowning and injuries consistent with dingo bites”.The Canadian backpacker’s trip to Australia ended in tragedy when the 19-year-old was found dead on a beach on Monday on the world heritage-listed island formerly known as Fraser Island off the Queensland coast. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Loved ones issue message for Australia after tourist was found dead surrounded by dingoes: 'Heartless'

Canadian backpacker Piper James, 19, was camping on Queensland's remote K'gari Island when she told friends she was heading out for an early morning swim at about 5am.

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5 d. ago Grieving dad reveals heartbreaking story about his daughter, 19, who was found dead surrounded by a pack of dingoes with multiple defensive wounds

Canadian backpacker Piper James, 19, was camping on Queensland's remote K'gari Island when she told friends she was heading out for an early-morning swim. Her body was found hours later.

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5 d. ago Teen found dead 'surrounded by dingoes' pictured as parents 'hearts are shattered'

The parents of 19-year-old Canadian backpacker Piper James, who was found dead surrounded by dingoes on K'gari island in Australia, have paid tribute to their 'beautiful' daughter

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5 d. ago ‘Shattered’ parents of Canadian backpacker found dead on K’gari island mourn adventurous daughter

Coroner to examine if 19-year-old drowned off Australian tourist island or was killed by wild dingoes“I’m 18, and you can’t stop me!” Piper James told her father before she set off backpacking on the other side of the Pacific Ocean – but the young Canadian woman’s trip to Australia ended in tragedy and trauma.Early on Monday, the now-19-year-old was found dead on a beach on the world heritage-listed sand island and tourist destination of K’gari (formerly known as Fraser Island) off the Queensland coast, surrounded by a pack of dingoes near the Maheno shipwreck. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Shattered family break silence after Canadian backpacker Piper James was found dead surrounded by dingoes on K'gari

Todd and Angela James penned a heartbreaking tribute early Wednesday as they shared dozens of photos of their daughter Piper.

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6 d. ago Tourist found dead on Australian popular beach as police fear dingo attack

The incident occurred on the world’s largest sand island, located off the Queensland state coast

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6 d. ago Campsites closed as police investigate possible dingo link to death of Canadian on Australian tourist island K’gari

While violent dingo and human interactions have been increasing, police refuse to speculate whether 19-year-old woman drowned or was killed by the wild canidsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo campsites have been closed and park rangers are increasing patrols after a 19-year-old Canadian woman was found dead on a beach surrounded by a pack of dingoes on a popular Queensland tourist island.Two men made the grisly discovery while driving down the eastern beaches of K’gari (formerly known as Fraser Island) at about 6:15am on Monday. The discovery came up to 75 minutes after the woman left the backpacker hostel at which she had been working for six weeks, where she told colleagues and friends she was heading to the beach that morning. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Woman found dead and surrounded by dingos on popular Australian tourist island

Police working with local rangers, community members, and the environment and science departments to understand what exactly happened

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7 d. ago Canadian woman found dead and surrounded by dingos on popular tourist island

Police working with local rangers, community members, and the environment and science departments to understand what exactly happened

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7 d. ago Woman found dead on popular Australian tourist island K’gari

Queensland police appeal for witnesses after 19-year-old, reportedly a Canadian citizen, found on beach north of the Maheno shipwreckFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA crime scene has been established on a popular tourist island off the Queensland coast after a 19-year-old woman died on Monday morning.The national broadcaster reported the young woman found on the beach north of the Maheno shipwreck on K’gari (formerly known as Fraser Island) was a Canadian citizen. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Canadian woman is found dead surrounded by dingoes on K'gari

The 19-year-old woman was found dead in the early hours of Monday morning.

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1 week ago Chilling moment county lines teenage gang chased homeless man before beating him to death with a gin bottle and posing for selfies and filming themselves dancing

Three teenage drug runners who posed for smiling selfies before and after beating a homelessman to death have been jailed for a total of more than 23 years.

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3 w. ago County lines teenage gang who posed for selfies and filmed themselves dancing after beating man to death with a gin bottle are jailed for 23 years 

The gang, who can now be named after turning 18, carried out a savage county lines retribution attack on Anthony Marks, 51, who later died from his injuries.

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