Risks: Sharks, dogs and cars

Sharks - "Twenty-five shark bite incidents were recorded across the country last year.
The Shark-Incident Database shows that between 2000 and 2025, 559 bites were recorded in Australian waters."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-21/what-australian-shark-attack-data-reveals/106248228

Dogs - "Australia Post data shows that in the six months to May 2025, more than 1,150 dog-related incidents were recorded against postal delivery workers across the country."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-17/dog-attacks-who-is-responsible-explainer/105884928

Cars - "In the 12 months to November 2025, there were 1,332 deaths on roads nationwide, according to the national road safety data hub, which has yet to publish its final statistics for the year."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/02/australia-2025-road-toll-deaths-fatalities-rise-nationwide

" In 2025, 355 people died on roads in NSW, 28 more than in 2024, the state government announced on Friday. "
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/02/australia-2025-road-toll-deaths-fatalities-rise-nationwide

Cull sharks, dogs and cars?

#risks #cars #mauling #dogs #sharks #ocean #habitat #culling

"Dog attacks
are on the rise in Australia. The most recent data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show dog-related hospital admissions more than doubled in the eight years to 2021."
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https://theconversation.com/australia-needs-a-canine-brain-bank-to-reduce-the-risk-of-dog-attacks-273220

"Furry friends responsible for over 12,000 injury hospitalisations in 2021–22. Cats and dogs, the most common domestic pets in Australia, were responsible for over half (53%) of all injury hospitalisations related to contact with animals in 2021–22."
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https://www.aihw.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/2024/march/furry-friends-responsible-for-over-12-000-injury-hospitalisations-in-2021-22
#pets #dogs #cats #mauling #violence #biodiversity #wildlife

Energy worker Kane Minion was mauled to death by dogs while trying to read an electricity meter

"The inquest is expected to run until Thursday, with three more witnesses to give evidence. Energy Queensland would not pay its meter reading contractor when workers skipped properties due to safety concerns about dogs, an inquest has heard...After Mr Minion's death, the company began to be paid for meter reads that were skipped due to the presence of dogs, the court heard."

"A bandog bull-mastiff cross named Dozer and a bull-mastiff Rhodesian ridgeback cross named Scooby were euthanised following the attack."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-14/kane-minion-dog-attack-meter-reader-inquest/105889012
#dogs #pets #OHS #work #violence #councils #mauling #pedestrians #safety

Man's best friend

"The NSW government is reviewing its companion animal laws in the wake of fatal dog attacks. The dog attack incidents in 2024 include 2,824 attacks on adults, 461 on children and 2,598 on other dogs. A total of 430 dogs had to be euthanised."

"An Australian Institute of Health and Welfare study released last year found in 2012-13, 15.9 people per 100,000 needed hospital care after a dog attack. By 2021-22, that had more than doubled to 36.9.
The latest survey by Animals Medicines Australia, released on 18 September, found almost half of Australian households (49.3%) now have at least one dog, a jump from 2013 when it was 39%."

"...Many incidents of dog aggression “stem from lack of owner awareness or poor management” and it recommended education and awareness programs."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/23/american-staffordshire-amstaff-nsw-most-attack-prone-dog-but-data-may-be-misleading
#dogs #pets #harm #mauling #violence #regulation #wildlife #biodiversity #meat #climate

One dog attack on native animals everyday?

A koala, a kangaroo and a wombat walked into a paddock where dogs run free...

"All three animals separately fell victim to attacks from pet dogs in a country town over the last two weeks." Wildlife rescuers have to pick up the pieces..

https://au.news.yahoo.com/dog-owners-frustrating-excuse-after-three-iconic-animals-attacked-025437795.html
#biodiversity #wildlife #roaming #dogs #pets #mauling #violence

And then the koalas just vanished...
Speeding cars, road designs, roaming dogs and disease are the biggest koala killers.
Logging and sprawl should also be added to the list of extinction makers

"A database tracking hospital admissions and deaths reveals the devastating impact cars, disease and dogs are having on the South East Queensland koala population"
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"In the five years between 2009 and 2014, 52% of reported wild koala deaths were caused by car strike, 34% were from a chlamydia-related disease and 14% were because of a dog attack.

"This equates to 1,431 koala deaths from a car strike, 943 chlamydia-related deaths, and 395 dog attack deaths in just five years."

"Remember that these deaths were just the reported cases, so the real numbers would be significantly higher."
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-cars-chlamydia-canines-biggest-koala.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40827-w
Ravi Bandara Dissanayake et al, Anthropogenic and environmental factors associated with koala deaths due to dog attacks and vehicle collisions in South-East Queensland, Australia, 2009–2013, Scientific Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40827-w
#dogs #pets #dogAttacks #Mauling #cars #speeding #roads #RoadDesign #HabitatFragmentation #koalas #wildlife #IndustrialLogging #Bellingen #ThreatenedSpecies #IntroducedSpecies #sprawl #biodiversity #conservation #extinction makers

Roaming dogs attacking wildlife on NSW beaches

"Australian locals who have reported an increased level of dog attacks on native Aussie wildlife say they're fed-up with "entitled" pet owners acting irresponsibly...The aggression at times when I've politely asked if someone can call their dog has been scary, and a couple of times I thought guys were actually going to punch me!"

https://au.news.yahoo.com/community-divided-over-rule-at-tourist-hotspot-she-threatened-to-kill-me-080027402.html
#biodiversity #enforcement #birds #marsupials #NSW #beaches #introduced #pets #dogs #Mauling