Category: ABA Media Release

ABA seeks injunction against Parks Victoria to save Bogong High Plains Brumbies

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The Australian Brumby Alliance (ABA) has filed an application in the Federal Court of Australia seeking an urgent interim injunction against Parks Victoria to stop it: a) from trapping, mustering, shooting, removing, or otherwise interfering with Brumbies in the Bogong High Plains in the Alpine National Park in Victoria; and b) from taking any action that might cause significant depletion of any of the other populations of Brumbies in the Alpine National Park. The ABA seeks to challenge Parks Victoria’s intended action to ‘manage to extinction’ the Wild Horses that have called the Bogong High Plains region home for 140… Continue reading

ABA Media Release – Brumby Bill

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 ABA Media Release 26-May-2018 The Australian Brumby Alliance (ABA) was delighted to see the introduction of the Kosciuszko Wild Horse Heritage Bill 2018 (Brumby Bill) to the NSW Parliament this week. Vice President Madison Young says the recognition of the cultural heritage value of the Brumbies by parliament would go a long way towards ensuring humane and sustainable management of these iconic horses into the future. “Once the fear of complete eradication is removed and unacceptable management tools ruled out, we can get on with the process of managing the population to the benefit of both the Brumbies and the… Continue reading

Parks Victoria to remove Brumbies from Bogong High Plains – ABA Media Release

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Parks Victoria’s draft Horse Strategic Action Plan to remove every single brumby from their historic home range on the Bogong High Plains and drastically reduce wild horse numbers across the Alpine National Park – appears to be based on a flawed impact study. More….     Continue reading

Stop Press ! Urgent Petition to Oppose Live Export of Horses and Donkeys

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You may have heard that there are moves in the federal government to open up a market in the live export of ponies, horses and donkeys for slaughter overseas. Under questioning in Senate Estimates from Senator Derryn Hinch, Departmental officials confirmed that a number of enquiries had been made about exporting horses and donkeys “in large numbers for slaughter”. Various groups, including Canberra’s rspca and the Australian Equine Unification Scheme groups have worked to raise awareness about this – but until Senate Estimates there was nothing recorded in the public domain to share. With Darren Hinch, raising this issue in the… Continue reading