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Heaphy’s dog attacking penguins

Heaphy’s dog attacking penguins

Heaphy’s dog attacking penguins

While exploring the West Coast in the 1860s, Charles Heaphy sketched his dog attacking penguins at Cape Foulwind, near Westport. Today, dogs are one of the most destructive predators at penguin colonies.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum
Reference: PD 56 (85)
Pen and ink drawing by Charles Heaphy

Permission of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Te Papa Whakahiku must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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