President of ABA, Jill Pickering has written to Mike Baird, Premier of NSW in regard to a recent letter to him from Prof Don Driscoll supporting the draft Wild Horse Management Plan. View or download ABA’s letter to Mike Baird: Letter to Mike Baird, Premier NSW from Jill Pickering, President ABA Continue reading
Ted Taylor, from Northern KNP is knowledgeable of the background and origins of various Snowy Brumby breed types, from: Kiandra Yarrangobilly Caves. Long Plain/Currango Peppercorn, Broken Cart and Brindabella, and Coolamine Below is his account of the history of horses from this area. Short history of High Plains Wild Horses from Kiandra to Peppercorn Ted Taylor “I now describe, for those not privileged to see KNP when leased and grazed by tens of thousands of sheep and cattle for over one 100 yrs. It was a very beautiful healthy landscape; the broad-toothed rat, corroboree frog, fish and wild… Continue reading
The ABA submission is about ensuring that a robust Heritage Snowy Brumby population will continue to be seen by future generations as living history and understand why early settlers relied on ancestors of the Snowy Brumby to survive. In doing so, the ABA also accepts that too many of any species, including humans, will cause negative environmental impacts. To view and download the full ABA Submission and its Attachments, click on the links below ABA Submission to KNP Draft Wild Horse Management Plan ABA Submission Att-1 Managing Viable Brumby Populations ABA Submission Att-2 Impacts in Perspective ABA Submission Att-3 Straight… Continue reading
ABC Reporter Ginny Stein reports on the Snow Mountain Brumbies, presenting the pros and cons of horses in Kosi National Park. Click below for the full story. The wrangling over what to do with the wild horses of the Snowy Mountains Continue reading
The Freedom of Species radio show draws on all disciplines that have a fascination, an appreciation and a belief in a better world for all animals: conservation, philosophy, sociology, art, literature, science, film, history, politics and the vegan and animal rights movements. On July 24, 2016 Freedom of Species aired their conversations with Jill Pickering, President of the Australian Brumby Alliance & Lynette Sutton from Hoofs2010 Brumby Rescue about their objections to, and frustrations with, the proposed government draft Wild Horse Management Plan for the Kosi Brumbies. Hear the podcast at the link below: http://www.freedomofspecies.org/show/killing-kosciuszko-brumbies Continue reading
