Brumbies for sale

Some of the brumbies having a feed at the Stanthorpe Showgrounds. Pictures - Sandra McEwan.

By Jeremy Sollars

A group of 15 brumbies from Kosciusko National Park rescued from the current cull arrived in Stanthorpe earlier this week.
The brumbies will be handled and cared for at the Stanthorpe Showgrounds before being sold on to knowledgeable horse owners.
The cull was started last year by the New South Wales State Government, and is part of a plan to virtually wipe out the Snowy Mountains brumby population over the next two decades.
The government has said the brumbies damage the park’s alpine environment, and scientists have long campaigned for the removal of all brumbies from Australia’s alpine regions.
The draft Wild Horse Management plan for Kosciusko National Park aims to reduce the current number of wild horses in the national park area from 6000 to about 3000 in the next five to 10 years.
It then proposes to cut that figure to only 600 over the next 20 years.
NSW Environment Minister Mark Speakman last year said a range of humane control methods including trapping, mustering, fertility control and ground shooting would be used to carry out the cull.
Opponents of the cull have called it “horrific” and demanded control measures be limited to fertility control, arguing the wild horses are an “Australian icon”.
If you are interested in helping out in any way by feeding or cleaning the yards or if you are interested in purchasing one of these beautiful brumbies, contact Sandy on 0415 277 145 or Leisa on 0409 721 456.