URGENT! Draft Joint Yorta/Parks Victoria Barmah National Park Management Plan OUT FOR COMMENTS

Urgent! Please read the new Barmah National Park Yorta/Parks Victoria joint management plan and respond by 6 October 2019.  Click on link below: Draft Barmah NP Management Plan mail your responses to: Executive Officer, Yorta Yorta TOLM Board, PO Box 1363, Shepparton VIC 3632 or email to: yy*****@yy***.au . All Brumbies will be evicted /shot, no horse riding allowed, plus many other shrinking access strategies. While the ABA does not oppose Aboriginal joint management with Parks Victoria for Barmah, in the interests of our Australian Multicultural society, we need non Aboriginal cultural heritage values to be treated with the same respect –… Continue reading

ABA Winter Newsletter OUT NOW!

The Winter Edition of Brumby Bridges is now available.   A lot has happened since the last newsletter and this one focuses on ABA’s court case against Parks Victoria.  Of course we also have news from our Members. Inside this Issue….. President’s Chat Court Hearing of ABA vs Parks Victoria Public Perceptions Study Unreliable Science and the need for a national watchdog ABA Brumby Research Project Member News Cultural Significance of Bogong High Plains Wild Horses What’s this Court Case Really About Download or View :  Brumby Bridges Winter 2019 Continue reading

June ABA Newsletter OUT NOW !

A tad late but a lot has happened!  The June newsletter is available for viewing or download: Brumby Bridges June 2018 In this issue: President’s Chat Brumbies Biodiversity and Evolution What Park environmental studies do not include The Brumby Bill 2018 Member News How colour adaptions help horses survive Editor’s Tail Continue reading

Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Bill 2018

23 May 2018 was an historic day for Australian Wild Horses.  The Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Bill 2018 was introduced to the NSW Parliament NSW by Member for Monaro, John Barilaro and, for the first time in Australian history, Brumbies have been recognised for their heritage value. The object of the Act is to recognise the heritage value of sustainable wild horse populations within parts of Kosciuszko National Park and to protect that heritage, while ensuring other environmental values of the park are also maintained. You can read or download the First Print of the “Brumby Bill” by… Continue reading