Overview

• Rangers discovered the carcass of a dingo at Ngkala Rocks on June 1, initially identifying a suspected vehicle strike.
• Robert Black confirmed that a veterinary examination found the animal died in the collision before being deliberately decapitated.
• DETSI has launched a criminal investigation into the mutilation and warned that anyone convicted of killing or mutilating a protected dingo faces up to $483,900 in fines or two years’ imprisonment.
• Authorities are urging anyone with dashcam footage from Orchid Beach, Waddy Point or Ngkala Rocks between late May and early June to come forward.
• Park rangers have renewed calls for cautious driving on K’gari’s beach tracks to help prevent further wildlife fatalities.