A man who tried to warn authorities about vicious dogs roaming a Northern Territory town camp was told they were part of Aboriginal culture, a coronial inquest has heard.

Michael Anthony Hardy, 26, died in July after being attacked by a pack of dogs.

Brian Lockyer, a part-time resident of the Hidden Valley town camp in Alice Springs, found the man's body naked on the road and covered in dog bites.

Three weeks later, 48-year old Robert Roman suffered a heart attack and was then eaten by dogs in the same town camp.

Coroner Greg Cavanagh is investigating whether there was a failure by either the Tangentyere Council or the Alice Springs Town Council in relation to dog control enforcement, and whether this may have contributed to the deaths of the two men.

Mr Lockyer told the inquest that for 10 years he had warned both the Alice Springs Town Council and Tangentyere Council about the rising population of savage dogs.

He says at times he had been laughed at and was told nothing could be done.

He says on one occasion he was told the dogs were an Aboriginal Dreaming.

Mr Lockyer told the coroner that dog numbers reduced after Mr Hardy's death, but they are once again on the rise.

Earlier, ranger Clem Wheatley told the inquest he would raise the issue of the dogs on a daily basis, and expressed his frustration at the lack of proactive prevention.

In 2002, Mr Wheatley wrote an email to both authorities predicting that if drastic action was not taken immediately, people would die.

The inquest continues.