Tag: Vic

Australian Brumby Challange still Wild to Wonderful

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Organised by the Victorian Brumby Association, the 2024 Australian Brumby Challenge was held at Equitana in Melbourne during 14-17 November. This year Reserve Champion went to horse trainer Zoe Mullens and her ‘wild’ companion, Spartan. Spartan is one of the wild brumbies saved by the Barmah Brumby Preservation Group, after the government decided to eradicate the herd last year. Zoe paid tribute to the light horse for her and Spartan’s freestyle. Spartan laid flat on the ground and Zoe, in a replica of a World War I light horseman’s uniform, lay across him. To read more about Zoe and Spartan,… Continue reading

New Research delves deeper into wild horse impacts on the environment

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A new study that, for the first time in the Australian Alps, correlates horse density to environmental impact provides a more cost effective way to manage horses in the wild. Working in two areas of the Victorian Alps, the Bogong High Plains and the Eastern Victorian Alps, the study found that less than 1% of the Bogong High Plains and less than 18% of the Eastern Victorian Alps had significant horse impacts. Furthermore, correlation of horse density and environmental impact via a density-impact function revealed that in this study area, up to a horse density of 9 horses per square… Continue reading

A decade of Anti-Brumby rhetoric has been challenged by new research showing over 99% of Bogong High Plains and 82% of the Eastern Victorian Alps had NO impact from horses.

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ABA Media Release 7 July 2023 The recent study Use of density-impact functions to inform and improve environmental out-comes of feral horse management (Berman et al. 2023), published by Wildlife Biology, has upturned negative claims about the environmental impacts of Alpine horses and how best to help native species. Central to the new research is the premise that to better manage wild horses in the environment it is important to understand the relationship between horse density and the percentage of environmental impact attributed to horses. A key finding from the density-impact work is that, in the areas studied, below a… Continue reading

ABA-v-Parks Victoria Judgement 8-Feb-2023 Summary

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ABA-v-PV case snapshotThree issues were identified for determination, namely –(a) whether the Code can apply to the program of ground shooting of horses in theAlpine National Park; and(b) if the Code is applicable – (i) whether the ground shooting of horses by the defendant has been carried out ‘in accordance with’ the Code; and (ii) whether aerial shooting of horses by the defendant can be carried out ‘inaccordance with’ the Code We emphasised that Hunting Code that PV now claim to operate under to shoot horses inVictoria, was not in the Horse Action plan and only raised by PV as… Continue reading