Tag: NSW

Animal Welfare inquiry into proposed aerial shooting of brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park

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The NSW Legislative Council’s Animal Welfare Committee is currently conducting an inquiry into proposed aerial shooting of brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park. The closing date for submissions is Friday 13 October 2023. ABA has been invited to lodge a submission to the NSW Animal Welfare Committee. We urge other individuals and groups to separately lodge submissions to the inquiry. Click below for more information and to lodge a submission. More Info on the inquiry: Continue reading

Urgent Reminder – “have your say” on Amending the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan

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Please complete on-line Survey and email submission by 11-Sept-2023 The amendment proposed to the NSW Wild Horse Heritage management plan is to add aerial shooting to the current control methods of ground shooting, trapping for rehoming or if no rehomers available, horses are trucked to the knackery. It is vital for you and each of your contacts to “have your say” by doing any one  of the following:  Draft amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan (qualtrics.com) scroll  down page to find survey questions, then also complete  your submission responding to option 2 or 3 below;… Continue reading

Draft amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan proposes to allow aerial shooting

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The draft amendment proposes to authorise aerial shooting as an available method to control wild horses, in addition to existing methods such as ground shooting, trapping and rehoming.  After 5 years of virtually doing nothing to comply with the Kosciuszko Wild Horse Heritage Act 2018 and the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan, the NSW Government is now trying to catch up in reducing horse numbers to 3,000 horses by 30 June 2027. The draft amendment does not change the requirement to recognise the heritage value of sustainable wild horse populations in the park and protect that heritage… Continue reading