The March 2017 edition of Brumby Bridges is now available for viewing or download: Brumby Bridges Mar 2017 or visit our Newsletter Page In this issue: President’s Chat ABA Lobby Approach Expanded Parks Victoria – Recent Wild Horse Stakeholder Meetings Member News from STB, HVBA and Kaimanawa Heritage Horses The Tale of a Thyroid Tumour Continue reading
The last Brumby Bridges for 2016 is now available from About Us/ABA Newsletter or via the link below: Brumby Bridges Dec 2016 In this issue Kosciuszko Wild Horse Managment Plan Consultation ABA Inquiries Australian Brumby Challenge And more! Continue reading
“I am in Skyros, Greece, a rural island in the central Aegean. It is the home of a breed of horse believed to be thousands of years old, though they currently number only a couple hundred individuals….” for the full article, view National Geographic Voices or find out more on the ABA website’s page on Greece Continue reading
The September edition of Brumby Bridges is now available for viewing or download a the link below: Brumby Bridges Sep 2016 INSIDE THIS ISSUE….. 2…..President’s Chat 3…..Managing Viable Snowy Brumbies 4…..NSW Alpine Resorts Environmental Report 5…..Subscribe to ABA 6…..Member News 8…..Hoof Prints 9…..Editor’s Tail Continue reading
ABA Press Release – 6-Sept-2016 Alpine Brumbies used as Scapegoats ABC Gippsland (Victorian Government Mulls Brumby Cull, 5-Sept-2016) reported claims made by the Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio that thousands of brumbies are causing damage in the Victorian Alps. The latest count of 2,350 Brumbies in the Victorian Alps is tiny compared to feral pigs, deer and rabbit numbers. Furthermore, Brumbies do not foal every year, but pigs, deer and rabbits have annual multiple births. Multiple birth species can recover rapidly from a cull. Even our scientists have started blaming Brumbies, simply because they are in the area. Nocturnal pigs and… Continue reading
