# Dingoes Ate My Baby **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [July 30, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dingoes-ate-my-baby/664886 "2013-07-30T07:25:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidmarzec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@davidmarzec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmarzec)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dingoes-ate-my-baby/664886/1 "2013-07-30T07:25:15Z")
Dear Sir, You noted in your column “In Australia do dingoes really eat babies” 22 September 2000 that the final couse of death for Azarea Chaberlain was not known. By way of update, on 12 June 2012 the Coroners Court of the Northern Territery of Australia ruled that a dingo WAS responsible for the death of the child. thank you for all your interesting information. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dingoes-ate-my-baby/664886/2 "2013-07-30T11:51:16Z")
First, welcome to the Straight Dope Message Boards, **davidmarzec** , we’re glad you found us. For future ref, when you start a thread, it’s helpful to other readers to provide a link to the column in question. There are lots (lots!) of old columns, so it saves searching time and helps keep us on the same page. No biggie, you’ll know for next time. And here’s the link for everyone else: > **[In Australia, do dingoes really eat babies?](https://www.straightdope.com/21343490/in-australia-do-dingoes-really-eat-babies)** Finally, thanks for the update info. I’ll be sure that Cecil sees this, and perhaps he’ll do an update (or at least an updated post-script) to the column. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dingoes-ate-my-baby/664886/3 "2019-04-20T12:38:14Z")
USA TODAY: A dingo almost ate this toddler, until the boy’s parents fought off the pack. > **[A dingo almost ate this toddler, until the boy's parents fought off the pack](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/04/19/dingo-fraser-island-drags-toddler-campervan-dad-fights-pack/3518694002/)** > > The attack occurred on Fraser Island in Queensland when a dingo entered the family's campervan and grabbed the child by the back of his neck. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dingoes-ate-my-baby/664886/4 "2019-04-20T20:43:35Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > USA TODAY: A dingo almost ate this toddler, until the boy’s parents fought off the pack. > > [Dingo on Fraser Island drags toddler from campervan, dad fights pack](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/04/19/dingo-fraser-island-drags-toddler-campervan-dad-fights-pack/3518694002/) That’s why I came to this thread. [https://news.sky.com/story/father-saves-baby-son-after-wild-dogs-drag-him-out-of-caravan-11697941](https://news.sky.com/story/father-saves-baby-son-after-wild-dogs-drag-him-out-of-caravan-11697941) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dingoes-ate-my-baby/664886/5 "2019-04-20T21:45:11Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > That’s why I came to this thread. > > [https://news.sky.com/story/father-saves-baby-son-after-wild-dogs-drag-him-out-of-caravan-11697941](https://news.sky.com/story/father-saves-baby-son-after-wild-dogs-drag-him-out-of-caravan-11697941) > [@](#): > > He is the third child attacked by dingoes on Fraser Island this year, Mr Bertoli confirmed. Looks like it is more frequent than Cecil originally indicated. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dingoes-ate-my-baby/664886/6 "2019-04-22T17:29:56Z")
Baby fed dingo sounds like it would be a really expensive menu item. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dingoes-ate-my-baby/664886/7 "2019-04-22T20:20:44Z")
I swear to ghod I keep reading the thread title as “Diogenes Ate My Baby”.