Tag: Wild Horse Management Plan

Hey ISC – Leave that ACT Alone!

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PRESS RELEASE 27 MARCH 2025 Petitions show Australians want the brumby slaughter to stop. The Australian Brumby Alliance (ABA) today vehemently opposed the call from the Invasive Species Council (ISC) to repeal the Kosciuszko Wild Horse Heritage Act 2018 and rejected the ISC’s claim to represent the broader NSW or Australian community. The President of ABA, Mrs Nikki Alberts, also called for balance to be restored to this debate, following release of numbers showing original estimates of brumbies in the Park were grossly inflated. Only a small number of wild horses remain, following the ISC’s campaign to reinstate aerial culling… Continue reading

WHERE ARE THE BRUMBY NUMBERS PENNY?

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As expected, Penny Sharpe did not respond to Rod Roberts request for confirmation of the brumby count result. https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/lc/papers/pages/qanda-tracking-details.aspx?pk=102822 We have raised our concern with Rob Roberts and the media about the fact that she is refusing to release the brumby numbers from the November count, even when raised in Senate. 48 brumbies have been trapped and sent to rehomers in the last 2 weeks – and heaven knows how many have been trapped and gone to slaughter. If, in her words, the numbers are drastically reduced and there are only 3000 to 4000, why continue trapping and removing them until… Continue reading

Brumby shooting report released, and rejected

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AN upper house committee released its final report on Wednesday into aerial shooting of brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park, but the report has been rejected by the chair of the committee. Chair of the committee, the Hon Emma Hurst MLC, said: “From the outset of this inquiry, it was clear that aerial shooting of brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park is a highly controversial topic. It was always going to be an extremely difficult inquiry.” “Unfortunately as the Chair for this inquiry, I cannot support the final report as published. Unanimous agreement on the findings and recommendations could not be met… Continue reading

Rethinking the mantra of biodiversity: Why the past should not determine the future

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from the ABC Website The New South Wales state government has recently commenced the aerial killings of 14,000 feral horses residing in Kosciuszko National Park. The goal is to meet the legislated requirement of reducing the number of horses in the park to 3,000 by 2027. This legislation was passed because NSW has the legal mandate of protecting biodiversity and because the activities of feral horses are classified as a threat to native species, such as Corroboree frogs and broad-tooth rats. This policy illustrates the normative assumptions of conservation policy-makers, which are well-captured in Michael Soulé’s famous article, “What Is… Continue reading