Cattle still roaming national park

Cattle have been roaming the Stirling Range National Park since a truck rollover last Thursday night.

A cattle truck lost control of a trailer 60km east of Albany on Chester Pass Road when it hit gravel, causing it to fishtail.

The road became blocked as emergency services and police attended the scene.

Great Southern Traffic Sergeant Peter May said officers found no evidence to suggest the driver, who escaped uninjured, was at fault.

Some livestock had to be put down.

Ongerup resident Terry Dunham said cattle that were not killed were roaming free and he almost hit one while driving to Albany on Sunday.

He pulled over and saw eight other cattle on the side of Chester Pass Road, about 8km south of where Main Roads had erected signs to warn drivers to travel at 60km/h because of livestock.

The Department of Parks and Wildlife is working with the haulage company to create a plan of action to find and retrieve the animals in the national park.

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