Tag: NSW

The senseless killing of 11 Brumbies in KNP over the weekend

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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

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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

Winter edition of Brumby Bridges OUT NOW !

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The Winter edition of the ABA Newsletter Brumby Bridges is now available. In this issue: President’s Chat Victorian Auditor General’s Report of the Department of Evironment, Land, Water and Planning and Park’s Vic Environmental Impacts Stop the Shoot Protest ABA Member news Immuno-Contraception Parks Victoria FOI papers Continue reading