The other day we had the pleasure of having Lesa Corine, a now local photographer out to capture some great shots of our beautiful Brumbies. She has also captured amazing images of Brumbies in various locations such as the snowy mountains. A big thank you to Lesa for supplying us with her photos to use ❤️
Since we are the only sanctuary approved and taking horses from Barrington, I have been informed that we have until September to get as many horses out as possible before the ‘feral horse management plan’ is acted upon and they start shooting. So this means if you can take on one of these gentle souls PLEASE DO SO BEFORESEPTEMBER. Don’t wait around because there may not be a next time. We will be housing as many as we can but with winter coming quickly and feed getting low, this is not sustainable so we need to keep horses moving.
We also still have a few horses from Corindi beach needing homes so we can make room for new horses, such as this little gelding!
For all our individuals interested in homing a Barrington horse, here is what has come in in our first lot of 10. 8 boys and 2 girls, ranging from yearling- 4yrs. All within the 14-15hh range or expected to mature into.
Please contact us for more information via Facebook or our website.
Our parks application for the Barrington Brumbies has FINALLYBEENAPPROVED!
We will be notified when trapping commences and also with a date and time for collection.
A massive thank you to everyone who has contacted us about wanting to take on a horse. I am happy to report that between you all, our list has almost 40 horses on it for private nominees, and we would be able to take 5-10 on top of this so that’s around 50 horses we are able to save!
Please be patient while your horses come in as we will be sorting them via priority and suitability for each person.
We have submitted our rehoming application to Parks to enable us to rehome horses from Barrington Tops (pending final approval, but if we don’t get approved, honestly we don’t know who the hell would!). This will allow us to offer a wider range of types than what has been coming out of Grafton and avoid them being culled. Our work and relationship with Grafton Local Land Services has been great, and they have so far met all their targets for horse rehoming, so are not under as much pressure this year. We will still be filtering small numbers of horses in from them but we are now starting to compile a list together of people interested in taking a horse from either area.
SO if you are an individual wanting to save a horse but doesn’t meet the rehoming requirements, can’t take on an un-handled horse, don’t have the experience to train one from the start, need facilities etc. then please get in contact. We will be taking preferences of age, height, gender etc BUT you must also be prepared to be flexible as we cannot specifically order what comes out of the traps.
We will also consider the possibility of holding a clinic if there is enough interest to help you start your own horse. We can also start the horses handling for you if required. We have accommodation if you would like to volunteer your time to help out and come to work your own horse in our facilities. The options are endless!
Please note the horses will carry a small trucking fee of $170 per horse which gets them to us, and this will need to be paid to secure a horse. Any other fees will be discussed case by case after that ie gelding, vet treatment, worming, feed/agistment.
Want to Help Save a Brumby?
For more information, we can be contacted through our Facebook page, or via the Website.
Australian Brumby Alliance alleges that Parks Victoria’s inhumane killing of Brumbies by gunshot is unlawful and does not comply with the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
Over-population of a non-native species does not justify inhumane practices for population control. Recent photos and local accounts of horses and tiny foals slaughtered by gunshot indicate evidence of immense suffering. Horses are sentient beings which experience both physical and emotional suffering. There are kinder alternatives available to the Victorian Government to control Brumby populations. Victorian Brumby numbers can be controlled by humane methods, such as fertility control which has been used successfully in the USA for 40 years, and rehoming which was stopped in Victoria when shooting began. ABA’s court action has been taken to stop the inhumane shooting and killing of Brumbies and replacing it with humane methods of control – which is exactly what ABA have been calling on the Government to do for the last 14 years.
Unfortunately and horrifically, the ruling was in favour of Parks Victoria.
The case transcript from the Supreme Court of Victoria can be found here.
