Backlash as Australia kills dingoes after backpacker death

FILE PHOTO: A handout picture taken by Barry Eggleton of Pure Dingo Sanctuary and released by Eurekalert in 2022 shows a wild-born, pure Australian desert dingo called Sandy as a mature female. - EUREKALERT!/AFP

SYDNEY: Australian authorities have sparked a backlash by killing a group of dingoes linked to the death of a young Canadian woman on an island in the country's east.

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.