Dangerous Animals of Australia

After wolves and bears have been nearly eradicated, people fear the shark as a man-eater.

Most human habitats are now free from dangerous animals. Modern dwellings are now being filled with a menagerie of pets. It seems like a return to the times where people and animals cohabited in stable-like (byre-dwellings) homes. A billion $ industry and the media nudge all to take on more ballast. Isolation and deprivation make people acquire a pet or a whole pack. For some they are a fashion accessory or just a cheap thing to keep the kids busy.

Dogs maul (children to death) on a regular basis without real consequences in society at large.  'Minor attacks' happen on a regular basis.

Livestock is also attacked by the abandoned, unfashionable or 'surplus to requirements' pets.

Pet owners choose to sponsor these meat gobbling pets over unique Australian wildlife.

" In the five months to January 31, paramedics in NSW treated at least 237 people for dog bites and attacks and 22 people for incidents involving cats."

sunshinecoastdaily, 7.2.13