Brumby Culling in Kosciuszko National Park The NSW Government recently backflipped on a decision to cull brumby population in Kosciuszko National Park. Cox and Swain march to the best of their own drum. We package up the most-read About Regional stories of the past week and send direct to your inbox every Thursday afternoon. A few examples include collaboration between environment organisations and local farmers to relocate as many wild horses before an aerial shoot, and/or establishing brumby reserves from old ranches and farmland, without impacting native ecosystems. That included trampling moss beds used by critically endangered corroboree frogs for breeding, making it impossible for the frogs to nest. Another Count is needed to protect the one’s that are left.Brumbies need to Live in Peace. Cooma photographer and brumby advocate Michelle Brown took photos of some of the horses which died in the fires. They must really think we are so ignorant to believe that the grasses will never return? Alone. These Brumbies are so loved in Australia and deserve better than to be cruelly culled, this is absolutely disgusting and cruel, stop shooting now.
Scientists say feral horses in Kosciuszko national park are causing potentially irreparable damage. When NSW voters decide the fate of Kosciuszko National Park on Saturday, their verdict could have broader ramifications for protected areas throughout Australia. Is it fair to murder these horses on a less than 20% accuracy report with supposed increases that are totally unrealistic even according to the review! Victoria, Public Sector Finance Course Setting us up for more deveastating fires that will wipe out more wildlife and people!
The population can also be controlled (if necessary) by contraception and there are local people trained and offering to do it! Do Not Shoot , Poison or send anywhere for slaughter. Ultimo, New South Wales, Digital Communication and Work Stress in Australian Universities Survey (supported by the Australian Research Council) Dubbed the ‘Brumbies Bill’, the proposed laws require the Minister for the Environment to prepare a heritage management plan for the brumby, which will identify areas within the Kosciuszko National Park where populations will be maintained, and set rules around brumby management. That not one brumby perished in the wildfires and fire storms? The environmental accusations are also incorrect and show insufficient knowledge of horse behaviour. He said research presented on Thursday showed the significance of the damage the horses were causing for native threatened species. Leave them alone. “The numbers are flawed, they’ve been flawed for years, these horses have been in this environment for 180 years, they are part of it now and they are part of our heritage. ridiculous nothion that there are even 4,000 in the park.. NSW Minister for Environment Matt Kean hs announced that brumby numbers in Kosciusko National Park will be reduced substantially, with as many as 4,000 out of an estimated total of 20,000 horses due to be rehomed or culled. Kosciuszko brumby cull 'reckless', should be postponed: Monaro MP John Barilaro Julia Kanapathippillai; Environment. The plan to trap and remove horses from the park must be stopped until a new survey is carried out with at least one person from the brumby groups involved to ensure transparency. The brumby counts are only an estimation, as all things in science are. Even thought the maximum is considered to be around 20%. Disgrace! So agree with you. And the so called estimate of population increase in Kosciuszko was 38%!! It recognised the cultural heritage of wild horses to Kosciuszko National Park and prohibited their culling. And no horse should have to go on trucks to the SLAUGHTERHOUSE!! By submitting your email address you are agreeing to About Regional's. The party has also described brumby culling proposals as “horrific” and called for urgent national legislation to protect them. And aerial shooting is not as inhumane death as everyone makes it out to be, certainly compared to disease, predators, breaking legs, starving, drought, and of course fire, aka. Picture: Karleen Minney. Proposed laws to recognise and protect the heritage value and cultural significance of the Snowy Mountains brumby will be introduced into the NSW Parliament in late May 2018. But despite the clarity of recommendations emerging from research, political parties have taken a broad range of approaches. Top scientists demand NSW commit to brumby cull in Kosciuszko national park Berejiklian government urged to acknowledge ‘the extensive, serious and … Start actually reading research that now SUPPORTS HORSES in environment and their vital role in its HEALTH.. “As far as we know, counts are taken every five years and the last aerial count was taken in 2019. The photos I have seen, taken since the fires, show lots of healthy regrowth on the plains. Pigs do. Or they only will listen to the people who are not locals, do not live year-round in the area to see what the impact of the horses is or is not. They have valuable input and should be included in discussion and decisions about what needs to be done, their insight and management strategies could help solve the problems that someone in an office or helicopter just can’t. Deputy Premier John Barilaro called the new bill protecting Snowy Mountains brumbies an effort on behalf of the animal’s ‘heritage value’. Migration and Population Growth Falls in Australia, US of Ed: A COVID-Infected Spanner in the Works. These government departments need to listen and liase with the people that actually spend time in our NPs photographing and immersing themselves into the rhythms of nature. Read the existing Kosciuszko National Park Horse Management Plan. This means national parks would be managed for native Australian species. Its six-point national parks restoration plan bans aerial culling, instead proposing to control horses using rehoming, while expanding research on fertility control. Photo: Michelle J Photography. So Many Brumbies and other Wildlife perished in the Bushfires end 2019/2020. Richard Swain promotes his business with ‘see a snowy brumby’ in his kayaking business.. but he too screams foul. This month, Deputy Premier John Barilaro said the government would “immediately” reduce horse numbers by 50%, through trapping, rehoming, fertility control, and relocating horses to “less sensitive” areas. “You’ve got to get rid of them. The horses and environment have co-existed in the park for over 150 years; Long before this area was declared a park in 1967!Both change and adapt to suit each other and the symbiotic relationship is there.
Infertility injections can be given like they are successfully used overseas and would reduce the numbers if required. Rosemary McCallum. The NSW Greens has arguably the most evidence-based policy, aiming to reduce horse numbers by 90% in three years, with a longer-term goal of full eradication. The frog has a toxin in the skin that deters any animal from eating it, however, the deep rough digging motion of the pigs numbered in the hundreds of thousands does! Approximately 57,000 ha have been prioritised for control in three northern parts of the park, including Nungar Plain, Cooleman Plain, and parts of Boggy and Kiandra Plains. Thank You. Don Driscoll receives funding from the Herman Slade Foundation, OEH NSW Environmental Grants program, DELWP Vic, and Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC. It proposes culling 6000 brumbies in the 7000sq km Kosciuszko National Park by 90 per cent — taking half of them in a decade, and continuing the cull until just 600 horses remain.
The future management of New South Wales’s national parks is one of the issues on the line in Saturday’s state election. These horses are a National Icon and deserve to live in peace, not be senselessly shot – other ways of controlling their numbers must be used once a count is done, if necessary. Subscribing is the easiest way to keep up, in one hit. There is no way that 25,000 horses are in the park…if there was there’d be no elbow room to move. I am sure they could be managed better and still remain free. Copyright 2016 - 2SER - ABN 90 001 684 564 - All rights reserved. You will then find where the problem is. He is President of the Ecological Society of Australia, Director of the Centre of Integrative Ecology and Director of TechnEcology at Deakin University. “National Parks have not released how many horses were euthanised after the fires,” says Cooma resident and photographer Michelle Brown of Michelle J Photography. That is important in NSW, where only 10% of the state has been allocated to protected areas, well below international standards of 17%. There Absolutely needs to be an honest recount, the fires have done a mass cull of everything in its path. “The heritage management plan will specifically prohibit lethal culling of the brumby, aerial or otherwise, and will identify those areas in the park where brumbies can roam without causing significant environmental harm,” Mr Barilaro said.
She said the legislation had not changed existing population control measures. Horses don’t dig up the ground where these lovely frogs reside. NSW Minister for Environment Matt Kean hs announced that brumby numbers in Kosciusko National Park will be reduced substantially, with as many as 4,000 out of an estimated total of 20,000 horses due to be rehomed or culled. Contemporary Approaches to Research in Mathematics, Science, Health and Environmental Education Symposium The party, which holds one lower house seat and has two upper house members, has announced no plans for restoration of the national park. leave them alone. The estimation/ so called count – according to the review was less than 20% accurate! I totally agree with Michelle Brown. The party has also described brumby culling proposals as “horrific” and called for urgent national legislation to protect them. Horses are not cannibals. We will use your rating to help improve the site. The Greens would also fund rehabilitation of damaged habitat, and has flagged substantial funding for conservation initiatives. This sight will become quite a rare occurence, as the culling program looks to dramatically reduce their numbers. a marketing campaign to promote re-homing and adoption of brumbies that need to be removed from the park. I’m appalled, it’s got to stop, this mentality to just kill everything.”. Nature is not merciful. Let me make something absolutely clear to the other commenters.
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