A Cry in the Dark
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1:14:00
Say it! Have the guts for once to say it!
1:14:24
- Girls, did you make your T-shirts?
- Yes, we did.

1:14:26
Can you imagine a situation where
the dingo was able to attack the child,

1:14:31
pick it up and carry it by the face?
1:14:33
No. Dogs usually go for
the back of the neck or the shoulder.

1:14:37
Now, in this case, having regard
for the condition of the jump suit,

1:14:42
can you see the child being grabbed
by a dog by the back of her neck?

1:14:47
Not from examination
of the collar of the jump suit, no.

1:14:51
Would you have a look at
this photograph, please, Mr Simms?

1:15:00
Do you concede,
having seen the photograph,

1:15:02
that a dog could easily
encompass the head

1:15:05
of a child of Azaria’s size in its jaws?
1:15:09
Well, if that doll’s head
is not being forced into the dog’s jaws,

1:15:15
I would accept that.
1:15:21
(murmuring in gallery)
1:15:24
Mr Harris, what is the purpose
of a dingo gripping the head of the prey?

1:15:29
The purpose is to immobilise
the prey immediately,

1:15:32
and preferably kill it at the same time.
1:15:35
There’d be very little blood
because the heart would stop pumping.

1:15:38
I have documented a dingo running
with a 20lb baby kangaroo in its mouth

1:15:43
over a distance of some 200 yards.
1:15:45
We’ve heard evidence a dingo in
the family tent was seen to shake its head.

1:15:49
That’s quite consistent.
The shake’s obviously intended...

1:15:54
to break the neck.
1:15:58
You are now to be shown videotape of an
experiment performed at an Adelaide zoo.


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