Category: ABA Media Release

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

Brumbies killed in Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

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ABA is both angered and saddened to report further on the wild horse killings in Kosciuszko National Park. Click below to read or download ABA Media Releases. Other Media Links to this story Interview with Peter Cochrane National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) confirmed it is “implementing wild horse control” within the park, as part of a plan it says balances heritage with conservation. https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw-couple-gobsmacked-brumby-mob-shot-snowy-mountains-081634850.html New York Daily Paper article : Kosciuszko National Park: 11 wild brumbies killed as 2GB’s Ray Hadley weighs in Continue reading

The senseless killing of 11 Brumbies in KNP over the weekend

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ABA Media Release 9 Sep 2022 The Australian Brumby Alliance (ABA) received reports over the weekend that on the11th of September 11 Brumbies had been shot and killed in Kosciusko National Park,NSW. It appears these Brumbies were shot by professionals as each body had only oneor at most two gun-shot wounds and most of the 11 Brumbies were shot in the headwith an instant kill. Brumbies are flight animals, also considered prey animals and therefore extremelysensitive to their environment and do not allow people intent on harming them or theherd, in close proximity. Furthermore, given all 11 members of this… Continue reading