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Daniel Andrews defends plan to cull feral horses as protesters rally outside state parliament

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Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, has defended a decision to cull feral horses that are causing ecological damage to Victoria’s fragile Alpine ecosystems, as protesters campaigning against the planned shooting amassed on the steps of state parliament. Parks Victoria plans to remove 500 horses from the eastern Alpine region this year as part of a feral horse management plan that includes the eventual removal of all horses from Barmah national park on the Murray River and from the Bogong high plains. The protest comes a month after Parks Victoria issued a tender for feral animal control in alpine areas, for the… Continue reading

Vic AG Report Protecting Victoria’s Biodiversity finds DELWP and Parks Vic cannot demonstrate if its pest programs are effective in halting biodiversity decline

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ABA has written to the Minister of Environment, Land, Water and Planning regarding the recent findings of the Auditor General’s report into protecting Victoria’s declining biodiversity. The report’s findings concur with ABA’s long held position that the Department and Parks Victoria have lacked sound and rigorous scientific evidence regarding the impacts of Brumbies in the environment. Excerpts from ABA’s letter are below Dear Minister D’Ambrosio,   ….The Auditor-General provided a report, Protecting Victoria’s Biodiversity, in October 2021[1] to Parliament on whether the decline of threatened species in Victoria can be halted. The Auditor General report to Parliament found that that Department… Continue reading

Brumby Action Group Stop the War on Brumbies Rally 8 June 2022

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Brumby Action Group has organised a rally on Wednesday 8th June 2022 at 1pm on the steps of Victorian parliament in response to parks Victoria planned shooting of Brumbies. The Australian Brumby Alliance supports #SustainablePopulations and to #keepwildhorseswild Please note that the Australian Brumby Alliance is not the organiser of this event.   Contact Brumby Action Group for more information https://www.facebook.com/groups/281286786262689/ Continue reading

Victorian Brumbies to be shot early June 2022

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The Australian Brumby Alliance Inc. (ABA) strongly objects to Parks Victoria (PV) calling for tender toshoot Brumbies in the Vic Alps, Bogong High Plains and Barmah national parks1 while there are stillrehomers with space waiting to receive these sentient, wild horses – at this very moment, PV’s statement of obligations2 explains that “effective communication with the community and keystakeholders is critical to the successful development and delivery of major policies. This is bestpractice. Poor practice is killing healthy horses when rehoming space exists, thus denying them anydomestic future; until PV call meeting of relevant stakeholders to see how rehoming can… Continue reading