Backlash as Australia kills dingoes after backpacker death

The Queensland government said six animals were put down after 19-year-old backpacker Piper James's body was found on January 19 at a beach on the World Heritage-listed island of K'gari. The euthanisation programme has stirred debate about how to manage the local population of dingoes, a sandy-coloured canine believed to have first arrived in Australia 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. An autopsy conducted on James' body found evidence "consistent with drowning" but also detected injuries corresponding to dingo bites.