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Australian Brumby Challange still Wild to Wonderful

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Organised by the Victorian Brumby Association, the 2024 Australian Brumby Challenge was held at Equitana in Melbourne during 14-17 November. This year Reserve Champion went to horse trainer Zoe Mullens and her ‘wild’ companion, Spartan. Spartan is one of the wild brumbies saved by the Barmah Brumby Preservation Group, after the government decided to eradicate the herd last year. Zoe paid tribute to the light horse for her and Spartan’s freestyle. Spartan laid flat on the ground and Zoe, in a replica of a World War I light horseman’s uniform, lay across him. To read more about Zoe and Spartan,… Continue reading

Brumby shooting report released, and rejected

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AN upper house committee released its final report on Wednesday into aerial shooting of brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park, but the report has been rejected by the chair of the committee. Chair of the committee, the Hon Emma Hurst MLC, said: “From the outset of this inquiry, it was clear that aerial shooting of brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park is a highly controversial topic. It was always going to be an extremely difficult inquiry.” “Unfortunately as the Chair for this inquiry, I cannot support the final report as published. Unanimous agreement on the findings and recommendations could not be met… Continue reading

NSW government accepts findings of review into brumby rehoming program in Kosciuszko National Park

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from ABC Riverina and ABC website posted 26 June and updated 28 June 2024 In short: A report on the review of the wild horses rehoming program in Kosciuszko National Park has been made public. It has made four key recommendations to strengthen the program, which the NSW Environment Department has accepted in principle. Lynette Sutton is a brumby rehomer based at Berrigan, and said the review is an “acknowledgement of [NPWS] failing their own processes”. “Hopefully, it will see the road forward with rehoming where incidents like Wagga don’t happen again.” photos from ABC website – above: Lynette Sutton… Continue reading