The March 2018 edition of Brumby Bridges is now available for viewing or download. In this issue: President’s Chat Impacts of Brumbies on the Bogong High Plains Parks Victoria Plan to 2020 Member News Deer versus Horse Hoof? Australian Brumby Challenge The Cultural Meaning of Wild Horses Editor’s Tail Visit our ABA Newsletter Page or click on the link below: Brumby Bridges Mar 2018 Continue reading
Brumby Bridges is now available for viewing or download: Brumby Bridges December 2017 In this issue: President’s Chat Vale Clive Edwards 3rd International Compassionate Conservation Conference Member News What is Compassionate Conservation? Compassion Training to Avoid Burn Out Editor’s Tail Continue reading
From The Conversation, excerpts from an article by Michael Adams (University of Wollongong) on the Cultural Meanings of Wild Horses…. “The Kosciuszko wild horses are also tangled within the embedded idiosyncrasies and contradictions of the largest national park in New South Wales. Here there are protected populations of two species of invasive fish (brown and rainbow trout) that are demonstrably responsible for local extinctions of native fish and frog species; a gigantic hydro-electric scheme with dominant infrastructure across large areas of the park; and expanding ski resorts where it is possible to buy lodges. Much of the landscape that is… Continue reading
The September issue of Brumby Bridges is now available for viewing or downloading. Inside this issue: More Kosi Brumbies at the Sale Yard Brumby Week in Central Australia The Ngarigo, Djiringanj and the Brumby 2017 International Compassionate Conservation Conference View/Download Continue reading
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
