September Newsletter OUT NOW!

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

Stop Press ! Urgent Petition to Oppose Live Export of Horses and Donkeys

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

Plans to cull Kosi Brumbies to extinction could be thwarted

A CONTROVERSIAL state government proposal to cull ­almost the entire population of wild horses in the Snowy Mountains is set to be shelved after a government deadlock. In a move sure to be criticised by environmentalists, The ­Sunday Telegraph can reveal work is under way on an alternative plan to manage the estimated 6000-plus horses. For the full story visit the Daily Telegraph webpage: Snowy Brumby cull plan to be shelved… Continue reading

March 2017 ABA Newsletter OUT NOW !

The March 2017 edition of Brumby Bridges is now available for viewing or download: Brumby Bridges Mar 2017  or visit our Newsletter Page In this issue: President’s Chat ABA Lobby Approach Expanded Parks Victoria – Recent Wild Horse Stakeholder Meetings Member News from STB, HVBA and Kaimanawa Heritage Horses The Tale of a Thyroid Tumour     Continue reading