Author: ABAAdmin1842

West Australian Brumbies

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA (WA)  Managed by & link:      Add hoc management mainly using aerial shooting. Current Brumby plan:   Add hoc management mainly using aerial shooting. Inhabited area for:        150-200 years    Population size 2020:    Varies depending on landowner positions that keep changing Current position:          Add hoc management mainly using aerial shooting. Culling methods:          Ad hoc management mainly using aerial shooting. Stakeholder Groups:     Wild Horses of the Kimberley’sPrivate small rehomer ABA lobby position:      Aim to retain small Brumby populations in their historic areas and managed by passive trapping, fertility control and rehoming where possible. Continue reading

Coffin Bay Brumbies

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Coffin Bay View Coffin Bay Brumby gallery Managed by & link:      Coffin Bay Brumby Preservation society (CBBPS) after the SA government reneged on its decision to have CBBPS manage this small population within their homeland Coffin Bay park. See http://www.coffinbaybrumby.org/ Current Brumby plan:   With little notice, CBBPS had to trap and remove ALL Coffin Bay Brumbies before the government went in shooting. Inhabited area for:        180 years (Note: in 2003 the ponies were evicted by the South Australian government and would have been all shot, but the Coffin Bay group lobbies hard to remove them all to a nearby property. Check Coffin Bay website… Continue reading

Clement Brumbies

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Clement State Forest Managed by & link:      Forestry Current Brumby plan:   Passive trapping for rehoming trialled but not sustained. Since then periodic aerial shoots leaving no Brumbies, much resisted by local landholders. Inhabited area for:        150 plus years Population size 2020:    Was a small population which has been decimated by aerial shooting. Current position:          No Brumbies in Clement State Park to our knowledge. Culling methods:          N/A Stakeholder Groups:     Local landholders ABA lobby position:      Appreciate the trial trap for rehoming program that (QPWS) supported a few years ago. But when trapping ceased this small population should have been managed by local landholders, but instead they were all aerial shot.  Continue reading

Beerburrum Brumbies

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Beerburrum State Forest Managed by:      Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service (QPWS) https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/beerburrum-beerwah/about Current Brumby plan:   Passive trapping to remove Brumbies close to main highways & rehome. Inhabited area for:        From the 1940s according to local knowledge Population size 2020:    80 to 100 brumbies. Capture and rehoming horses at high risk of collision with vehicles and fencing the methods used.   Current position:          Passive trapping to remove Brumbies close to main highways & rehome. Culling methods:          Fencing, Passive trapping & rehoming. Stakeholder Groups:     SEQ Brumby Assoc. (SEQBA)Plus others  ABA lobby position:      Identify a sustainable number for the area and manage to that level by fertility control where possible and continue trapping Brumbies… Continue reading

Toolara/Tuan Brumbies

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Toolara/Tuan State Forest View Toolara/Tuan Brumby gallery Managed by:      Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service (QPWS) https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/tuan/about Current Brumby plan:   Passive trapping to remove Brumbies close to main highways & rehome. Inhabited area for:        From early 1940s (Zabek 2015 PhD Thesis) Population size 2020:    2,500 Current position:          Passive trapping to remove Brumbies close to main highways & rehome. Culling methods:          Passive trapping & rehome. Stakeholder Groups:     SEQ Brumby Assoc. (SEQBA)Plus others  ABA lobby position:      Identify a sustainable number for the area and manage to that level by fertility control where possible and continue trapping Brumbies living to close to the main highways and at high risk of collision with vehicles. Continue reading