A spate of terrifying dingo attacks has exploded at a popular campsite in Western Australia in just a matter of days.

On Wednesday night, a four-year-old girl was bitten on the leg, while her mother was also bitten while trying to protect her.

They are the latest victims in a flurry of attacks occurring at Karijini National Park, 250km south of Port Hedland, this week – primarily towards children.

On Saturday, a six-year-old girl was approached by an aggressive dingo that nipped at her clothing, but thankfully, she was not injured.

On Monday evening, another six-year-old boy was bitten on the neck and arm and taken to the nearby Tom Prince Hospital.

The string of incidents has prompted a warning from park authorities for campers to “remain alert and take extra precautions”.

The search for the problem dingoes has been ramped up, as multiple rangers with a “licence to kill” have been spotted patrolling the Dales Campground day and night.

The Dales Campground is warning campers about the attacks. Picture: Facebook / Parks and Wildlife WA
“The Parks and Wildlife Service is urging visitors to Karijini National Park, particularly those camping at Dales Campground, to remain alert and exercise caution due to dingoes acting aggressively in the area,” DBCA (Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions) Pilbara Regional Leader of Conservation, Hamish Robertson, said in a press conference on Thursday night.

“Visitors are strongly advised to supervise children at all times, secure food and waste and follow all safety advice provided by park staff.

“This warning follows a recent incident involving dingoes in Dales Campground, including three people who have been bitten in the last week and required medical attention (a fourth did not need medical attention).

“Rangers and campground hosts are advising all campers of the increased dingo risk as they arrive at Dales Campground.

The park is the dingoes native habitat. Picture: Facebook / Parks and Wildlife WA
“DBCA is also contacting all campers due to arrive over the long weekend to advise them on the current situation.”

Mr Robertson advised campers travelling with young children will be offered the option of relocating to another campground within the park, should they choose to do so.

Footage of fearless dingoes circling at the Dales Gorge Campground has incited concern from many campers, who have decided to camp at another location within the park.

“Everything’s scarier at night time and the kids were scared for the first time in their lives,” camper Drue Ballantyne said, according to 9News, who added that his family-of-five spent a sleepless night crammed into a swag.

“It was trying to get through the swags, my partner used his headtorch and long stick to create that distance, said ‘Oi’ and it went away.”

Campers are urged to remain vigilant. Picture: iStock
Others have urged for the dingoes to be “left alone” and respect their space as wild animals.

“People should leave wild animals alone and camp somewhere secure,” one said on Facebook.

“Authorities and park rangers should designate these areas as no-camping zones all the times, rather than allowing people to go there, get bitten, and then kill the animals because they are in their habitats.”

“Please, please respect our dingoes, we don’t want them killed because of ignorant human behaviour,” another commented.

The dingo could be seen on CCTV. Picture: Grumpy Grey Gypos
“Leave them be and they’ll leave you be. Education is key, understand their behaviours and you’ll understand their traits.

“Such beautiful creatures living their life in their habitat, let’s not take that away from them.”

The DBCA said that the dingoes living in Karijini National Park were an “important part of the local ecosystem” but added that rangers were going to “humanely destroy” the “problem dingoes”.

Karijini National Park is a popular tourist hotspot. Picture: Supplied / Escape
“Dales Campground remains open, with park rangers and campground hosts advising campers of the dingo risk on arrival and providing safety information,” a spokesperson said.

“There is permanent dingo safety signage installed at several locations within Dales Campground.

The spokesperson said four rangers have been conducting daily patrols since the initial attack from dusk through the night to locate and humanely destroy the problem dingoes as soon as a safe opportunity presents.

“Nine staff members are present onsite today at Dales Campground and one of those staff members was flown up from Perth early this morning to assist in specialist dingo management experience.”

Canadian Piper James was found dead at K’gari. Picture: Supplied

Dingoes are very common on the island. Picture: Patrick Woods
The incidents come a month after a coroner ruled that Canadian backpacker Piper James died from drowning after being attacked by dingoes on K’gari.

The 19-year-old’s body was discovered on the beach at about 6.30am on January 19, near a campsite where she lived and worked for about a week before her death.

Her body was surrounded by a pack of approximately 10 dingoes, eight of which have since been euthanased.

A spokesperson for the Coroners Court of Queensland said Ms James died as a result of “drowning in the setting of multiple injuries, due to, or as a consequence of a dingo attack.”

“It breaks my heart we couldn’t be there to save her,” her mother Angela James told the ABC.

“It hurts my heart to think she was screaming for me,” her father Todd James added.

“It’s hard to imagine what our baby went through.”

Little Azaria Chamberlain was taken by a dingo back in 1980. Picture: Supplied

Nine-year-old Clinton Gage was mauled to death by two dingoes in 2001. Picture: Supplied
Fatal dingo attacks in Australia are extremely rare, with Piper being just the third death ever recorded.

Back in 2001, nine-year-old Clinton Gage was mauled to death by two dingoes on K’gari after falling behind his family near a campsite.

Prior to this, the death of nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain back in 1980 gained international attention, after her mother Lindsey Chamberlain claimed she was taken from a tent by a dingo at Uluru.

Her death led to one of Australia’s biggest legal and media events. It was not until 2012, following a fourth coronial inquest, that a certificate was finally issued that confirmed her death was due to a dingo attack.