Australian Brumby Alliance Inc.

A Time to Cull?

ABAdmin — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:31:06 +0000

From The Sunday Age (12 May 2013) :

Conservationists are calling for a cull of between 500 and 2000 wild horses a year in Victoria’s high country to protect the alpine environment.

ABA President Jill Pickering and Colleen O’Brien from the Victorian Brumby Association have been working hard to change management methods towards a more humane outcome.

The full article at the Sunday Age

Stop the aerial culling of Waler horses on Tempe Downs Station, NT

ABAdmin — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:17:11 +0000

In the coming weeks, up to 10,000 horses are scheduled to be shot from helicopters on Tempe Downs Station in the Northern Territory of Australia. The Waler Horse Society of Australia Inc. (WHSA), along with numerous other animal welfare groups, believes aerial culling is an inhumane approach to population control of horses running wild in the Australian outback. This method has previously been shown to leave a proportion of horses suffering due to non-fatal wounding and the difficulty in killing humanely when firing from a moving vehicle. Aerial culling of horses could also have significant unintended/undesirable ecological consequences. Large numbers of rotting horse carcases could lead to a rise in wild dog/dingo, fox and cat populations which would in turn pose additional risks to other commercial livestock and more vulnerable native species.

SIGN THE PETITION AGAINST THE CULL HERE !

Wild Horses for combatting desertification

ABAdmin — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:02:18 +0000

Conservation group wants errors fixed and wild horses used to combat desertification – article from Protect Mustangs

Wildlife and Cows Can be Partners

ABAdmin — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:44:42 +0000

Wildlife and cows can be partners, not enemies, in search of food -research from Princeton University. … Continue reading →

Holistic Planned Grazing

ABAdmin — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:40:46 +0000

Savory Institute and Savory Institute and Africa Centre for Holistic Management (ACHM) are sister organizations who are committed to empowering people to use properly managed livestock to restore grasslands through the practice of Holistic Management. Below is a ling to their research.

How Copying Nature Can Stop Desertification In Its Tracks-

Equine Art Exhibition Helps BRUMBIES!!!

ABAdmin — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:26:18 +0000

The 3rd annual Equine Art Exhibition is being held by the Outback Heritage Horse Association of WA (OHHAWA) between 8-30 March 2013. This is a great way to share the love of horses and brumbies and 10% of all sales will go to the OHHAWA.

Entry is open to anyone and there is a Peoples Choice prize of $500 to be won!

For further details check out the link below!

http://ohhawa.com.au/?p=815

December ABA Newsletter OUT NOW!

ABAdmin — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 06:30:58 +0000

The last Brumby Bridges for 2012 – see you again in 2013. Download the PDF file of Brumby Bridges Dec 2012 (634 KB) … Continue reading →

Research on multiple species grazing highlights benefits

ABAdmin — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:13:59 +0000

Check out some interesting Research and Stories via our new More Info! page

Colleen O’Brien to speak at the International Wild Equid Conference in Vienna

ABAdmin — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 06:07:13 +0000

Colleen O’Brien of the Victorian Brumby Association is a speaker at the International Wild Equid Conference to be held in Vienna Austria from September 18-22 2012. This is a great opportunity to connect with other wild horse experts around the world and to convey they Australian Brumby situation on a global stage. Read more…

http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2012/09/20/539731_horses.html

http://www.vu-wien.ac.at/en/equid-conference-2012/