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ABA Submission to the draft KNP Wild Horse Management Plan

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The ABA submission is about ensuring that a robust Heritage Snowy Brumby population will continue to be seen by future generations as living history and understand why early settlers relied on ancestors of the Snowy Brumby to survive. In doing so, the ABA also accepts that too many of any species, including humans, will cause negative environmental impacts. To view and download the full ABA Submission and its Attachments, click on the links below ABA Submission to KNP Draft Wild Horse Management Plan ABA Submission Att-1 Managing Viable Brumby Populations ABA Submission Att-2 Impacts in Perspective ABA Submission Att-3 Straight… Continue reading

Freedom of Species Podcast: Killing off the Kosciuszko Brumbies

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The Freedom of Species radio show draws on all disciplines that have a fascination, an appreciation and a belief in a better world for all animals: conservation, philosophy, sociology, art, literature, science, film, history, politics and the vegan and animal rights movements. On July 24, 2016 Freedom of Species aired their conversations with Jill Pickering, President of the Australian Brumby Alliance & Lynette Sutton from Hoofs2010 Brumby Rescue about their objections to, and frustrations with, the proposed government draft Wild Horse Management Plan for the Kosi Brumbies. Hear the podcast at the link below: http://www.freedomofspecies.org/show/killing-kosciuszko-brumbies   Continue reading

How and Where to Send Kosciuszko Wild Horse Plan Submissions

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We are down to “people power” now – so it is vital that as many people as possible reply to the draft plan by 19-Aug-16. The draft plan has recognised the Heritage Status of the Snowy Brumby, but then advised actions that will inevitably lead to their extinction from the next wild fire. A major inconsistency with granting Snowy Brumby heritage status is that the next major wild fire will shrink Brumby numbers to below a genetically viable level, leaving in-breeding to complete their extinction (in 2003 fire killed 64% of all Brumbies and many other flora and fauna). To… Continue reading

Kosi Brumbies have National Cultural Heritage Value

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The following is an excerpt from the executive summary of the National Cultural Heritage Values Assessment & Conflicting Values Report to the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.  This report informed NSWNPWS in preparing its draft Wild Horse Management Plan for Kosciuszko National Park and provides interesting insights into wild horse history and management in Australia. In this study, the wild horse population is considered as an attribute of the place – Kosciuszko National Park – or parts of that place. The National Heritage List criteria and assessment guidelines were used to frame the assessment of cultural heritage significance. The… Continue reading