The half-sister of the baby snatched by dingoes in 1980 has come out in passionate defence of the native dogs, saying she wants to use her profile to educate people about the "beautiful wild animal".

Zahra Chamberlain, 18 - whose nine-week-old sister Azaria Chamberlain was stolen by dingoes at Ayers Rock on August 17, 1980 - told News Corp Australia that she was training to become a dingo handler after spending time with the dogs and hearing of farmers' animosity towards them.

Zahra Chamberlain. Credit:David Stewart

"Given my family's past, I still love dingoes as I do any other Australia wildlife - I view them as a beautiful wild animal," she said.

Ms Chamberlain said she had been flying to Queensland from her Lake Macquarie home in NSW to support the Durong Dingo Sanctuary, located north-west of the town Kingaroy and run by "Dingo Simon" Stretton after he extended an invitation to her.