"Two 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,"
"Her body was found near the Maheno shipwreck, transported to the mainland and was expected to undergo a postmortem on Wednesday. Until then, Queensland police said they would not speculate as to whether the woman drowned or was killed by the wild canids. Dingo and human behavioural experts say both scenarios were possible. Central Queensland University senior lecturer Bradley Smith, who is finalising a second book on dingoes for CSIRO publishing, said the animals scavenge the beaches of K'gari for washed-up whales, dolphins"
A 19-year-old Canadian woman was found dead on an eastern K'gari beach surrounded by a pack of dingoes. Two men discovered the body around 6:15am after the woman left a backpacker hostel up to 75 minutes earlier. Her body was located near the Maheno shipwreck and was taken to the mainland for a postmortem. Queensland police declined to speculate whether drowning or a dingo attack caused the death, and experts said both were possible. Dingoes scavenge beaches for washed-up marine animals and are especially active at dawn and dusk. Visitor numbers and risky behaviour have emboldened dingoes to approach people, and violent interactions have increased in recent years.
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