March 2015 Newsletter OUT NOW!
The March Brumby Bridges is now online. To view or download now click below: Brumby Bridges Mar 2015 (1.2Mb) Continue reading
Author: ABAAdmin1842
Research reveals domestication’s effects on horse genes
A study, carried out by scientists at the University of Copenhagen’s Center for GeoGenetics, detailed some 125 genes related to physical and behavioral traits favored by humans. By comparing the genomes of modern domesticated horse varieties to DNA sampled from now-extinct wild horse species, researchers were able to isolate genes that control skeletal muscles, balance, coordination, cardiac strength, fear response, and more. Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2014/12/16/Research-reveals-domestications-effects-on-horse-genes/4501418747928/#ixzz3MOKCWUBB Continue reading
December Newsetter Out Now!
The December 2014 Brumby Bridges is now online. In this issue: KNP Stakeholders Meeting New ABA Secretary Member News 2016 Australian Brumby Challenge Mustang Short Film Screening Craig Downer To download CLICK HERE Continue reading
ABC News features re-homing of brumbies
Colleen O’Brien from the Victorian Brumby Association speaks to Lily Parkland of ABC News regarding her experiences with re-homing brumbies. (8 Nov 2014). ABC News – Call to re-home wild brumbies Continue reading
Reviewing the October 2000 aerial shooting of Guy Fawkes Brumbies
Fourteen years ago over 600 Brumbies in the Guy Fawkes River National Park were shot from helicopters in a cull contracted by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. The resultant public outcry and eyewitness evidence of inhumane practices resulted in a lawsuit by the RSPCA against the NSW NPWS as well as the Environment Minister of the Day, Bob Debus to ban aerial culling in all NSW National Parks. Debates about the use of aerial culling continue today but the facts and history of the Guy Fawkes cull seem to have faded. The ABA has conducted a desktop study… Continue reading
