Do dog owners just not care about ecology? There is clear signage all around the Sydney Park that states, no dogs in the wetlands. There is even a dedicated dog pool.
Yet, owner after owner was taking their dog to the wetlands for a swim.
Posted by No-Knowledge-8867
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Talk to them not us
Dog police are here causing trouble everyone
Report it!
https://www.sydney.com/destinations/sydney/inner-sydney/newtown/attractions/sydney-park
Check out the second picture 🙃
Those dog owners aren’t caring about their dogs. The Sydney Park wetland flows above the old St Peters tip. The crap leaching through that water and soil is full of poisons.
I’ve taken my dogs to Sydney park a fair bit and ive definitely walked through those areas with my dogs on leash. I’m ngl ive either never noticed the signs or its never occurred to me that walking through the area pictured with my dogs is a problem. I mean the diagram shows a dog swimming. [The park is even advertised with dogs being walked in the wetlands.](https://www.sydney.com/destinations/sydney/inner-sydney/newtown/attractions/sydney-park) So idk op. You haven’t supplied pictures of anyones dog in the water. You’re only showing people with a dog on leash further away from the water than on the website.
And even if it was swimming, it’s possible the owners just missed the signs. I know this is reddit so we solve issues by taking photos of strangers an posting it on the internet for upvotes, but if you’re so concerned maybe talk to them and see if they even know it’s against them rules. Or find a ranger if they continue to do it
There’s nothing living in the spill ponds but algae and there’s nothing to harm. All the wildlife live in the main ponds adjacent which is fenced off.
Dogs shouldn’t be in there for their own good as the water is untreated and full of all sorts of nasty
For the record this entire park (except children’s playground and sports oval) is offleash so you can expect dogs to find and splash in water they find.
Not always easy to stop a dog from doing that but this spot is no issue.
If you see a dog swimming in the large fenced off ponds then complain and report.
People love a good whine don’t they.
Dog owners care. Like everything, there’s a small minority of dog owners who are also arseholes.
It’s an arsehole problem, not a dog owner problem.
The reason dogs shouldn’t swim there isn’t because of the ecology, it’s because there’s a bunch of crap leeching up from the garbage dump this park was built on. Those dogs will probably get sick.
I don’t believe that spot is the wetland in question, the wetland is fenced off.
So many pet owners are narcissistic arseholes. So much main character energy just because you own some shitty pedigree mutt you paid 5 K for, a status symbol, walking off lead in every area, not just the designated area….
Or they let their box shitter out to roam around and kill native wildlife as well spraying their toxic piss everywhere.
I’d say a lot of them don’t care about ecology and a lot of them aren’t even animal lovers.
I had trouble with dog owners 25 years ago in Sydney Park, off lead dogs.
Isn’t this part specifically for dogs?
they don’t want dogs in the fenced off wetland areas so they don’t harm the nesting birds.
the icon shows a dog apparently swimming, which is not the target of the sign.
Love all dogs, but find a lot of dog owners are not… great at managing their dog in public.