By Equestrian Life
Recent laws passed in NSW means that brumbies have been afforded protection due to heritage value, but this recognition won’t extend to other states such as the ACT and Victoria.
Director of ACT Parks and Conservation Services, Daniel Iglesias, is determined to protect water quality in the Murray-Darling basin and also native threatened flora and fauna. He explains that hoofed animals, such as feral horses, deer and pigs, are a major threat to the unique Australian alpine environment. ACT Parks and Conservation have said that horses straying into the ACT will be culled.
In Victoria, brumbies will also be managed differently than in NSW. Earlier this month, Victoria’s Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio released a three-year strategy (Protection of the Alpine National Park – Feral Horse Strategic Plan 2018-2021) to remove all horses from the Bogong High Plains area, and significantly reduce numbers in the eastern area of the park. As part of the Labor Government’s plan, the primary control technique will be to trap feral horses and rehome as many as possible. Those that cannot be rehomed will be humanely euthanised.
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