ABA frustrated by delay in Parks Victoria report release

Why are we still waiting for the release of results of a wild horse count survey that was conducted over a year ago in Victoria’s Alpine National Park? A draft summary of the March 2014 count in NSW’s Kosciuszko National Park was released September 2014 (full report is 63 pages excluding raw data). However the Victorian Alps population count (completed 12 months ago) is yet to be released. ABA has written to Bill Jackson CEO of Parks Victoria. To view the letter, click link below: Letter to Bill Jackson, Parks Victoria ABA has received a reply to the above letter. … Continue reading

Reviewing the October 2000 aerial shooting of Guy Fawkes Brumbies

Fourteen years ago over 600 Brumbies in the Guy Fawkes River National Park were shot from helicopters in a cull contracted by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.  The resultant public outcry and eyewitness evidence of inhumane practices resulted in a lawsuit by the RSPCA against the NSW NPWS as well as the Environment Minister of the Day, Bob Debus to ban aerial culling in all NSW National Parks. Debates about the use of aerial culling continue today but the facts and history of the Guy Fawkes cull seem to have faded.   The ABA has conducted a desktop study… Continue reading