"In 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. K'gari itself has been described by Unesco as a patchwork of majestic tall rainforest, perched freshwater lakes and shifting sand-dunes an exceptional place and the largest sand island on Earth."
"It would take almost 48 hours for the public to learn the name of the 19-year-old Canadian woman. On Wednesday, her father, Todd James, announced the loss of his precious little baby girl Piper. Along with his heart-wrenching words, pictures the grieving father shared of his daughter showed a vibrant and outdoorsy young woman doing what she loved most. Riding dirt bikes. Fighting fire. Snowboarding. Surfing. Skydiving."
A 19-year-old Canadian, Piper James, was found dead in the early hours on a white-sand beach of K'gari after being mauled by a pack of dingoes near a shipwreck. K'gari, formerly Fraser Island, is home to about 150 residents and a genetically distinct population of dingoes called wongari by the Butchulla traditional owners. The dingoes are sacred to the First People and closely tied to the island's cultural fabric and world-heritage environment of rainforests, perched freshwater lakes and shifting sand dunes. Photos shared by her grieving father depict an adventurous, outdoors-oriented young woman. Police questioned drowning, dingo attack, or other causes; a coroner ordered further scientific testing.
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