Category: Current Situation Qld

Clement State Forest Managed by & link:      Forestry Current Brumby plan:   Passive trapping for rehoming trialled but not sustained. Since then periodic aerial shoots leaving no Brumbies, much resisted by local landholders. Inhabited area for:        150 plus years Population size 2020:    Was a small population which has been decimated by aerial shooting. Current position:          No Brumbies in Clement State Park to our knowledge. Culling methods:          N/A Stakeholder Groups:     Local landholders ABA lobby position:      Appreciate the trial trap for rehoming program that (QPWS) supported a few years ago. But when trapping ceased this small population should have been managed by local landholders, but instead they were all aerial shot.  Continue reading

Beerburrum State Forest Managed by:      Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service (QPWS) https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/beerburrum-beerwah/about Current Brumby plan:   Passive trapping to remove Brumbies close to main highways & rehome. Inhabited area for:        From the 1940s according to local knowledge Population size 2020:    80 to 100 brumbies. Capture and rehoming horses at high risk of collision with vehicles and fencing the methods used.   Current position:          Passive trapping to remove Brumbies close to main highways & rehome. Culling methods:          Fencing, Passive trapping & rehoming. Stakeholder Groups:     SEQ Brumby Assoc. (SEQBA)Plus others  ABA lobby position:      Identify a sustainable number for the area and manage to that level by fertility control where possible and continue trapping Brumbies… Continue reading

Toolara/Tuan State Forest View Toolara/Tuan Brumby gallery Managed by:      Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service (QPWS) https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/tuan/about Current Brumby plan:   Passive trapping to remove Brumbies close to main highways & rehome. Inhabited area for:        From early 1940s (Zabek 2015 PhD Thesis) Population size 2020:    2,500 Current position:          Passive trapping to remove Brumbies close to main highways & rehome. Culling methods:          Passive trapping & rehome. Stakeholder Groups:     SEQ Brumby Assoc. (SEQBA)Plus others  ABA lobby position:      Identify a sustainable number for the area and manage to that level by fertility control where possible and continue trapping Brumbies living to close to the main highways and at high risk of collision with vehicles. Continue reading

Carnarvon National Park Managed by:      Parks & Forestshttps://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/carnarvon-gorge Current Brumby plan:   Aerial shooting on a regular basis Inhabited area for:        150-200 years Population size 2020:    In the thousands Current position:          Aerial shooting on a regular basis Culling methods:          Aerial shooting on a regular basis Stakeholder Groups:     None known of. ABA lobby position:      Identify a sustainable number for the area and manage to that level by fertility control where possible. Continue reading