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Spring edition of Brumby Bridges OUT NOW!
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Brumbies killed in Kosciuszko National Park, NSW
ABA is both angered and saddened to report further on the wild horse killings in Kosciuszko National Park. Click below to read or download ABA Media Releases. Other Media Links to this story Interview with Peter Cochrane National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) confirmed it is “implementing wild horse control” within the park, as part of a plan it says balances heritage with conservation. https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw-couple-gobsmacked-brumby-mob-shot-snowy-mountains-081634850.html New York Daily Paper article : Kosciuszko National Park: 11 wild brumbies killed as 2GB’s Ray Hadley weighs in Continue reading
The senseless killing of 11 Brumbies in KNP over the weekend
ABA Media Release 9 Sep 2022 The Australian Brumby Alliance (ABA) received reports over the weekend that on the11th of September 11 Brumbies had been shot and killed in Kosciusko National Park,NSW. It appears these Brumbies were shot by professionals as each body had only oneor at most two gun-shot wounds and most of the 11 Brumbies were shot in the headwith an instant kill. Brumbies are flight animals, also considered prey animals and therefore extremelysensitive to their environment and do not allow people intent on harming them or theherd, in close proximity. Furthermore, given all 11 members of this… Continue reading
Once-feral donkeys restore confidence to Hunter Valley sheep sector demoralised by dog attacks
When Diane Parnell woke one morning to find 25 sheep dead at her Hunter Valley property,she was devastated. Wild dogs had been lingering for years but the attack that night was theworst. “They just ran them down, killed them, didn’t eat them, didn’t tear them to bits oranything — it’s just a sport for them.” Ms Parnell would wake at night to check the sheep, she invested in cameras to monitorthem and even tried alpacas to keep the dogs away. “And the dogs got the alpacas.” The saviour was an animal perhaps known best for its stubborn nature, but donkeys… Continue reading
