The dogs will attack and two friends who were in this unenviable situation
told me they thought they would be killed.
I carry a length of reasonably heavy chain if alone in such areas. Swung
fast around one's head it's a great deterrent (and lighter than a backpack
of rocks!).
Denise
on 24/1/11 10:51 AM, Peter Shute at wrote:
> And do what if you see some? Leave?
>
> And what motivates the attacks? Are they just being territorial, or do they
> actually intend eating you?
>
> Peter Shute
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:
>> On Behalf Of
>> Denise Goodfellow
>> Sent: Monday, 24 January 2011 11:38 AM
>> To: Greg Roberts; Birding Aus
>> Cc:
>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] dogs at alice springs
>>
>> feral dogs are a problem around Darwin and Palmerston too.
>>
>> Birders in mangroves or wetlands or near beaches should keep
>> an eye out for
>> footprints.
>> Denise
>>
>>
>> on 24/1/11 10:02 AM, Greg Roberts at wrote:
>>
>>> That's interesting Chris. When I lived in Alice Springs in
>> the late-1970s,
>>> feral dogs were a continual problem in the poo ponds area.
>> I had a few
>>> narrow escapes from very vicious animals. It appears the problem is
>>> long-standing, though I wasn't aware of them killing birds
>> at that time.
>>>
>>> Greg Roberts
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 11:18:04 +0930
>>>
>>> From: Chris Watson <>
>>>
>>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Dead swans at Alice Springs poo ponds - the
>>>
>>> feral dog problems continue.
>>>
>>> To:
>>>
>>> Message-ID:
>>>
>>> <AANLkTimZYfWhENuhGY+9gWZ=>
>>>
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>>>
>>> G'day All,
>>>
>>> Having narrowly avoided being attacked by a pack of four
>> wild dogs recently
>>> when I turned up a little bit too early in the morning to
>> look for the
>>> Australian Painted Snipe at Alice Poo Ponds, I can't say
>> I'm all that
>>> surprised.
>>>
>>> It looks like we are starting to loose some of our resident
>> swans to feral
>>> dogs which live next door around the Ilparpa Swamp.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> <http://comebirdwatching.blogspot.com/2011/01/dead-swans-at-al
>> ice-springs-se
>>> wage.html>
>>>
>> http://comebirdwatching.blogspot.com/2011/01/dead-swans-at-ali
>> ce-springs-sew
>>> age.html
>>>
>>> Chris Watson
>>>
>>> Alice Springs:"
>>>
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