Category: ABA Media Release

ABA appalled at NSW Government decision to introduce aerial shooting of Brumbies

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Australian Brumby Alliance Inc. Media Release 27th October 2023 The Australian Brumby Alliance (ABA) is appalled at the decision by Minister Sharpe to amend the Wild Horse Management Plan and overturn the NSW ban on aerial shooting of wild horses. In the wake of this decision, the ABA calls on Minister Sharpe to commit to a balanced approach to management, including a strengthened commitment to passive trapping and rehoming as the most humane management method. “Aerial culling was banned because evidence from Guy Fawkes National Park massacre and other locations showed it was a cruel and imprecise way to manage… Continue reading

A decade of Anti-Brumby rhetoric has been challenged by new research showing over 99% of Bogong High Plains and 82% of the Eastern Victorian Alps had NO impact from horses.

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ABA Media Release 7 July 2023 The recent study Use of density-impact functions to inform and improve environmental out-comes of feral horse management (Berman et al. 2023), published by Wildlife Biology, has upturned negative claims about the environmental impacts of Alpine horses and how best to help native species. Central to the new research is the premise that to better manage wild horses in the environment it is important to understand the relationship between horse density and the percentage of environmental impact attributed to horses. A key finding from the density-impact work is that, in the areas studied, below a… Continue reading

ABA vs Parks Victoria – outcome of court case announced

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Australian Brumby Alliance Inc (ABA) began proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria against Parks Victoria early September 2022 that the Supreme Court heard on December 1st & 2nd 2022. ABA alleged that Parks Victoria (PV)’s inhumane killing of Brumbies by gunshot is unlawful, fails to comply with the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and ignores many legal requirements, rules and regulations Parks Victoria are required to comply with in Victoria. Jill Pickering, ABA President, said “Parks Victoria choose cruelty not compassion, for our valued, sentient Brumbies who have been rehomed for many years. Instead of rehoming Brumbies, PV… Continue reading

ABA Supreme Court case against Parks Victoria MR4

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Media release – 8 December 2022 Australian Brumby Alliance Inc (ABA) commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court ofVictoria against Parks Victoria (PV) on 2 September 2022, alleging that Parks Victoria’sinhumane shooting of Brumbies, also known as Wild Horses, shooting is unlawful and doesnot comply with the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. Miss Pickering of the ABA said “This tragic slaughter was totally uncalled for. There were,and still are, viable alternatives like rehoming, in place, but Parks Victoria and Governmentstill prioritise kill policies” and “tragically ignore PV’s earlier rehoming policy which providedopportunity for Brumbies to have a second chance at… Continue reading

Parks Victoria: STOP shooting – Brumbies can be Rehomed

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ABA Media Release 21 Nov 2022 This weekend, the Victorian Brumby Associations is holding its Australian Brumby Challenge(ABC) https://victorianbrumbyassociation.org/aus-brumby-challenge at Yarra Junction, VICto showcase how wild Brumbies are transformed over 150 days from “Wild to Wonderful”. Wild horses live in sentient, family orientated groups learning skills that will enable them tosurvive. BUT the Andrews Government stubbornly refuses to acknowledge the values thatwild Brumbies offer; instead Labor insists that ALL must be cruelly shot. No animal deservesto suffer the raw, brutal slaughter that this current Government is conducting. Viable alternatives exist to gentle and rehome these intelligent Brumbies, for example, theAustralian… Continue reading