Tag: Kosciuszko National Park

Animal Justice Party MP Mark Peason questions Speakman in NSW Parliament

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Number of brumbies can’t be exactly determined, according to NSW environment minister Mark Pearson of the Animal Justice Party questioned the Environment Minister during the NSW Budget Estimates (2 Septembr 2016) over population numbers, need for research and use of humane control methods.  Full story on the Weekly Times website: http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/politics/number-of-brumbies-cant-be-exactly-determined-according-to-nsw-environment-minister/news-story/f5df908a719b747a08cce9e21fe47195 Continue reading

Save the Brumbies: Protesters are trying to stop Australia from culling its wild horses

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The UK Telegraph reports on the plight of Kosi Brumbies, includiing comments from ABA Members the Snowy Mountain Bush Users Group and the Victorian Brumby Association.  For the full story click the link below: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/13/save-the-brumbies-protesters-are-trying-to-stop-australia-from-c/ Continue reading

ABA letter to NSW Premier refutes Prof Don Driscoll’s claims regarding Brumby populations in KNP

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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

A Short History of High Plains Wild Horses from Kiandra to Peppercorn

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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