French mother, 24, and her nine-year-old son are airlifted to hospital from a popular tourist island after being chased by a pack of dingoes
- A dingo has viciously attacked a mother, 24, and her nine-year-old son
- Paramedics were called to the eastern side of Fraser Island, QLD, on Thursday
- QLD Ambulance spokeswoman said boy suffered lacerations to his leg and face
- Both were taken to hospital in rescue helicopter and are in a stable condition
- They were reportedly attacked by the same dingo are said to be French tourists
A French mother and her nine-year-old son have been airlifted to hospital after they were chased by a pack of dingoes and viciously mauled by one of the wild dogs.
The young boy and 24-year-old woman suffered horrific islands when they were attacked at Eurong on the eastern side of Fraser Island about 5.45pm on Thursday.
A Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia the young boy suffered lacerations to his leg and face and his mother received puncture wounds to her arms.
A mother and son were airlifted to hospital after being mauled by a dingo on a popular Queensland holiday island (pictured)
The victims of the dingo attack are understood to be mother and son, the ABC reported.
Michael Augustus, a spokesman for QAS, said the duo came across the dingoes after they got out of a vehicle.
'The couple both panicked and ran back towards the vehicle and it was at that time when the pack actually chased them and attacked,' he said.
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QAS understands they were attacked by the same dingo.
'Paramedics are at the scene of an incident where it's reported two people have been bitten by a dingo, sustaining arm and leg injuries,' Queensland Ambulance said.
The duo, who are in a stable condition, were airlifted to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital by the Bundaberg RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter.
Paramedics were called to Eurong on the eastern side of Fraser Island about 5.45pm on Thursday
Lifeflight said the aeromedical crew worked alongside paramedics from the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) to stabilise the pair before flying them to hospital.
The journey was a six-hour round trip and the crew did not return to the base until midnight.
'Both patients are currently stable, with the rescue helicopter tasked to the area,' QLD Ambulance tweeted.
The Department of Environment and Science said the incident would be investigated by parks and wildlife.
They will increase patrols on Fraser Island in a bid to search for the dingoes involved in the attack.
'Rangers will also increase patrols at campgrounds and other island arrival points to warn visitors of the dangers associated with dingoes,' a spokesman said.
The incident comes a month after a six-year-old boy was attacked by four dingoes on a family camping trip on Fraser Island.
The young boy was bitten on the leg and was airlifted to hospital.
The nine-year-old boy and 24-year-old woman suffered horrific islands when they were attacked by a dingo (stock image)
'The family had finished swimming when the young boy said he wanted to race up a sand dune,' RACQ LifeFlight Rescue aircrewman Dan Leggat said.
'Unfortunately, when he got to the top, there was a pack of four dingoes.'
Paramedics treated and stabilised the boy to be transported by the Bundaberg-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter.
Dingoes are a protected species on Fraser Island.
'Wildlife authorities recognise that Fraser Island dingoes may become the purest strain of dingo on the eastern Australian seaboard and perhaps Australia-wide,' the Queensland Department of Environment and Science website states.
Thursday's incident was the eight dingo attack at the popular tourist spot in the last 20 years.
One attack resulted in the death of nine-year-old Clinton Gage in 2001.
His death sparked the culling of 31 dingoes and caused an outcry among residents.
A dingo was also responsible for murdering Lindy Chamberlain's baby in the outback in 1980 in a notorious case which divided Australia.
Paramedics were called to Eurong, the eastern side of Fraser Island, QLD, at about 5.45pm on Thursday after reports of a dingo attack
In the years since she cried out in the night 'A dingo's got my baby!', there were four inquests and a government inquiry into nine-week-old Azaria's death.
Mrs Chamberlain-Creighton was jailed in 1982 after being found guilty of slashing her daughter's throat and making it look like a dingo attack.
She was released in 1986 after Englishman David Brett fell to his death while climbing Ayers Rock – known today by its Aboriginal name of Uluru – and landed beside a matinee jacket that was vital to her defence.
Mrs Chamberlain-Creighton had told police that no dingo saliva had been found on Azaria's jumpsuit because the baby was wearing a matinee jacket over the jumpsuit, but no jacket was found at the time the child disappeared.
A third inquest in 1995 could not determine the cause of death. Mr Chamberlain, who was convicted of being an accessory after the fact of murder but later exonerated, then fought a long legal battle for a fourth inquest.
That inquest heard new evidence of dingo attacks, including three fatal attacks on children since the third inquest.
Mrs Chamberlain-Creighton was finally exonerated in 2012.
