The mayor of Fraser Island says it's "only a matter of time" before another child is mauled to death by a dingo, as the wild animals become more brazen. A four-year-old boy was bitten at Orchid Beach on the island's east side on Saturday, just weeks after another child was seriously injured. A Department of Environment and Science spokesman confirmed the child and another boy, 5, were approached by the animal who sniffed the older child. Both were running away from the dingo towards their family's rental property when the animal bit the four-year-old. He received two "small red marks and a slight graze to his thigh" but did not require medical treatment.