Tag: WA

Help Save Johnny Echo’s horses

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Johnny Echo needs your help.  Johnny is a Gija traditional owner of a vast area in the Kimberley where he has helped to breed excellent Arabian x Quarter Horses. Now station owners are planning to aerial cull these beautiful horses, claiming wrongly that they are affecting cattle feed . These horses are protecting the biodiversity of the area and each horse that Johnny trains is worth $2,000 +. Aerial culling is extremely cruel, mares abort foals, young foals are left dying slowly in the heat. Please inform the public about this tragedy.  Aerial culling is extremely cruel, mares abort foals, young… Continue reading

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Feral desert donkeys are digging wells, giving water to parched wildlife

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Research by Lundgren, Wallach and Ramp suggests that wild equids are filling the void of extinct megafauna and are contributing to biodiversity. In particular, they have been found to find water in desert areas which are used by many species. There is also evidence that wild horses are doing this in Australia. “…research didn’t evaluate the impact of donkey-dug wells in arid Australia. But Australia is home to most of the world’s feral donkeys, and it’s likely their wells support wildlife in similar ways. Across the Kimberley in Western Australia, helicopter pilots regularly saw strings of wells in dry streambeds…. Continue reading

Spring Edition of ABA Newsletter OUT NOW!

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In this bumper issue we celebrate ten years of ABA and have a look at what has happened in ABA, its member groups and the Brumby world. And we will be at the 3rd Australian Brumby Challenge at Equitana Melbourne.  If you are in town, we would love to see you! …..more – download or view the newseltter  Continue reading

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

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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

September 2016 ABA Newsletter OUT NOW!

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The September edition of Brumby Bridges is now available for viewing or download a the link below: Brumby Bridges Sep 2016 INSIDE THIS ISSUE….. 2…..President’s Chat 3…..Managing Viable Snowy Brumbies 4…..NSW Alpine Resorts Environmental Report 5…..Subscribe to ABA 6…..Member News 8…..Hoof Prints 9…..Editor’s Tail Continue reading