Wed 30 Nov, 2022 5:48 pm
Thu 01 Dec, 2022 5:50 am
Thu 01 Dec, 2022 7:48 am
Thu 01 Dec, 2022 8:05 am
sandym wrote:Just thinking it will be hard to find somewhere to take your dog legally as all National Parks are off limits to pets?
Thu 01 Dec, 2022 8:30 am
scroggin wrote:Saw this on the ABC not too long ago.
Thu 01 Dec, 2022 9:01 am
Dutchy wrote:scroggin wrote:Saw this on the ABC not too long ago.
I think the Dingo is a minor issue as they tend to shy away from people, it's wild dogs (apparently far less common) that roam in packs that could potentially be a threat.
Thu 01 Dec, 2022 11:03 am
Thu 01 Dec, 2022 12:32 pm
Thu 01 Dec, 2022 3:23 pm
Biggles wrote:Dingoes on the high plains!?
I definitely would not want to be near them if they appeared
Thu 01 Dec, 2022 6:10 pm
Biggles wrote:Dingoes on the high plains!?
Not something I have heard about, much less seen, and I have experience as a volunteer worker with purebed dingo breeding on the (late) Bruce Jacobs' property outside Chewton* in the early to mid-1990s (a harrowing, violent epoch in history best left locked away in the annals of history). People think they also see black panthers roaming the Otways and western district — nothing more than well-fed feral cats!
I think what people see could well be wild dogs over dinkum dingoes, which have very definite traits and will encroach on humans if they are after something. This can be seen around Alice Springs, Devil's Marbles (particularly aggressive there, similarly on Fraser Island)... as far as Daly Waters in the NT. In Victoria, people see wild dogs in the Great Otway National Park (along the Aire River), the Grampians (around *&^%$#@! Ears comes to mind), far NE Victorian border country (Corryong, Tintaldra) and particularly around Victoria Falls Cobungra. The alps in Victoria are ringed by many towns and farms, no doubt wild dogs make their way out and join groups to become packs. I definitely would not want to be near them if they appeared.___________________________________________
* the property was purchased by the Gordons c.2017
who went there expecting to find 75-100 dingoes,
but were confronted by 297 of them, all starving!
Fri 02 Dec, 2022 12:54 pm
Sun 18 Dec, 2022 7:02 pm
Thu 12 Jan, 2023 9:31 am
Fri 13 Jan, 2023 7:34 pm
sambar358 wrote:As an aside to the OP......you should be aware that you are not permitted to have a dog in the Alpine National Park (or any Australian NP) so while it might be nice to have your dog along for company you are actually breaking one of the corner-stone rules of our National Parks......No dogs in Parks. There's plenty of public land outside the NP's to take the dog bush walking and camping but it shouldn't be going along with you on jaunts in the bush in the ANP or other NP's. Cheers
s358
Wed 12 Apr, 2023 9:40 am
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