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Stakeholder Update – Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Management Plan

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The Draft KNP Wild Horse Plan is expected late December 2015, then open for comment for January and February 2016. The final plan is due mid-2016 to detail the future direction of wild horses in KNP. Please read the full details and mark your diaries for the Jan/Feb last chance to comment period. It is vital we end with a balanced and objective plan, and one that allows for Brumbies, in reasonable numbers, to continue living wild in KNP. NPWS Stakeholder update KNP 1-1 Interestingly, KNP are working on a heritage values assessment. Most people know that some social media… Continue reading

Australian Alps Aerial Horse Survey – Letter from the Hon Lisa Neville MP

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ABA has received a response to our letter inquiring about the results of the 2014 aerial horse survey from the Victorian Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water.  You can read ABA’s original submission to the Greater Alpine Draft Management Plan, our post asking for the results of the aerial count survey and the reply from The Hon Lisa Neville, MP by  clicking on the links below: ABA Lisa Neville reply Vic Count delay ABA Frustrated by Delay in Report Release ABA Response to Greater Alpine Draft Management Plan Continue reading

Exmoor Ponies Help Revamp the Czech Republic’s Landscape

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In an unprecedented environmental conservation effort, Jirku and his team of scientists have handpicked a specific pony breed native to England—the Exmoor—and placed it on former military landscapes less than an hour northeast of Prague. Their goal? To have nature take its course, with large herbivores grazing and fertilizing the land, in hopes of one day restoring it to the rich and productive territory it used to be before World War II. To read the full article….. http://www.thehorse.com/articles/36342/exmoor-ponies-help-revamp-the-czech-republics-landscape Continue reading