In this ABC Rural feature article, grazing animals are managed in new ways to enhance and protect eco systems and sequester carbon on agricultural land in Denmark, Florida and Queensland. Continue reading
Questions over effectiveness of preferred wild horse cull method Freedom of Information documents seen by The Weekly Ties reveal an advisory group told Parks Victoria last August that shots aimed at a horse’s head were “problematic”, raising doubts about the tactics that would be used in the controversial planned cull. Continue reading
The Winter edition of the ABA Newsletter Brumby Bridges is now available. In this issue: President’s Chat Victorian Auditor General’s Report of the Department of Evironment, Land, Water and Planning and Park’s Vic Environmental Impacts Stop the Shoot Protest ABA Member news Immuno-Contraception Parks Victoria FOI papers Continue reading
Brumby action groups across Victoria are calling for a change of plans, with the State Government intending to eradicate hundreds of wild horses in the Alpine and Barmah national parks. About 500 brumbies currently live in the Barmah Forest, with a government tender approving the eradication of about 400 from the area, with similar plans prepared for brumby populations in Victoria’s high country. The plans were authorised by Parks Victoria and Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio in conjunction with the State Government, as well as approved by the RSPCA. Brumby Action Group administrator Renee Neubauer said… Continue reading
The Victorian Coalition will end the shooting of wild horses to control their populations if it wins the November state election, despite environmental groups arguing the introduced animals severely damage the natural landscape. The opposition has vowed to focus on rehoming brumbies rather than eradicating them by hunting from the ground or air. Last month, Parks Victoria released a tender calling for contractors to deliver the “safe, humane and effective” shooting of feral animals in the Alpine and Barmah national parks. Wild horses are listed as the primary target in the tender document, but deer, foxes, cats, pigs and goats… Continue reading
