Canines in KNP
Posted: Wed 22 Jun, 2011 4:13 am
Has anyone encountered wild dogs in KNP?
A week after Easter I went flyfishing with a few mates too Eucumbene river at Sawyers hill.
At night we could hear dogs not too far away, howling and gnarling. It was hard to tell how far away they were, as the sound travels for miles, especially on a quiet night.
I was talking to another flyfishing mate a few months back who said he saw 7 dog carcasses hanging from a tree on the Gungarlin river. (i will try to get the pic and post it)
Prior to this, my only experience was seeing a lone dog years ago when i was walking up a fire trail from Lake Jindabyne on the Kosciosko side of the lake. It was a mangey looking thing that looked like it had'nt eaten for a while. When i approached it, it would retreat, when i stopped, it would stop and resume it's stare. Hard to beleive this dog could pose a threat, but then again, in a pack it could be a different story.
Has anyone seen the dog tree? or been confronted by dogs up there? and are they a threat to walkers and hikers? The one I saw looked timid and would not let me anywhere near it.
Cheers Jez
A week after Easter I went flyfishing with a few mates too Eucumbene river at Sawyers hill.
At night we could hear dogs not too far away, howling and gnarling. It was hard to tell how far away they were, as the sound travels for miles, especially on a quiet night.
I was talking to another flyfishing mate a few months back who said he saw 7 dog carcasses hanging from a tree on the Gungarlin river. (i will try to get the pic and post it)
Prior to this, my only experience was seeing a lone dog years ago when i was walking up a fire trail from Lake Jindabyne on the Kosciosko side of the lake. It was a mangey looking thing that looked like it had'nt eaten for a while. When i approached it, it would retreat, when i stopped, it would stop and resume it's stare. Hard to beleive this dog could pose a threat, but then again, in a pack it could be a different story.
Has anyone seen the dog tree? or been confronted by dogs up there? and are they a threat to walkers and hikers? The one I saw looked timid and would not let me anywhere near it.
Cheers Jez