CNN —Two tourists who snapped selfies with dingoes have been fined more than $1,500 each for taking the “extremely dangerous decision” to interact with the native wild dogs following a recent spate of ferocious attacks, Australian authorities said.
An image provided by the department showed an unnamed New South Wales woman, 29, laying down next to a pack of sleeping dingo pups.
The other tourist, a 25-year-old Queensland woman, appeared in a selfie video posted to social media that showed her with a growling dingo, “which was clearly exhibiting dominance-testing behaviour,” he said.
The dingo in this tourist's video clearly showed dominance-testing behaviour, authorities said.
It had also been involved in recent biting incidents that led to the hospitalization of a 6-year-old girl, the department said.
Persons:
Mike Devery, ” Devery, ”, Tourists Shane, Sarah Moffat, ” Shane Moffat
Organizations:
CNN, Queensland Department of Environment, Queensland Gov, Department of Environment, Science, Tourists, Nine, Nine News
Locations:
K’gari, Fraser, New South Wales, Queensland