Interesting to see that in 2012, Parks Victoria used the name Wild Horses in their “Snapshot of Victorian Residents and their views towards Wild Horses in Victoria”. View to full Report: Parks Victoria Report on Public Perceptions of Wild Horses in VictoriaDec2012 Continue reading
Jill Pickering, President of ABA, summarises an eventful week Day 1 (Monday 15 July 2019) – First court day today ABA vs Parks Victoria. Our legal team presented good legal arguments, which Parks legal team tried to undermine. Tomorrow we sort unresolved evidence objections, then begin witness evidence. Great to challenge ParksVic in an environment that requires a reply. Sunrise aired this morning aired a program thanks to our media team Six O’clock’s persistence. Sunrise gave good coverage from ABA’s perspective, Phil ingamells was as negative as usual. Fail to understand why the Sunrise lady claimed that Brumbies were un-trainable!!!!!!… Continue reading
The Autumn 2019 edition of the ABA newsletter Brumby Bridges is now available. Inside this Issue….. President’s Chat Further to John Barilaro’s statements ABA Brumby Research Project New Membership Category Facebook Page Member News Films – The Mustang and Equus Gonacon update KNP annual visitor numbers Editor’s Tail To view or download click: Brumby Bridges Autumn 2019 Continue reading
ABA is pleased that John Barilaro has clarified his wording at a recent Jindabyne meeting on Kosciusko Wild Horse management under the new Heritage Act. Hopefully his words on a new population count, then reduce to 3-4,000 will show the public that the Heritage Act is a genuine attempt to find the right balance and have both sides working together. By allowing smaller populations to remain in selected areas of the park (not everywhere!) and humanely manage through passive trapping, fertility control, etc, we would hope that some compromise between pro and anti groups can be established. The Reclaim Kosi… Continue reading
Management of wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park appears to be in tatters with both environmentalists and brumby supporter groups saying they are deeply concerned there has been no removal of brumbies in more than 18 months. The NSW Government introduced a brumby protection bill last year that heritage listed brumbies but also outlined a management system of committees to preserve sensitive areas of the park. But the committee process has hit a wall with environmentalists refusing to be part of the process.…more Continue reading
