Brumby removal plan sparks community debate
They've inspired poetry and a film, and on their backs, legends have ridden into the national psyche. The brumbies that have roamed Australia's high country since the 1830s still quicken the heart.The wild horses also attract visitors, according to Kosciuszko National Park tour guide Kelly Quirke.
"To go out into the national parks and to be able to see a wild horse is a pretty special experience," she said.
But Steve Horsley from the National Parks and Wildlife Service says the brumbies are now leaving their mark in a damaging way as well.
"Horse numbers have increased, there are impacts on water quality in certain catchments in the park and we're certainly seeing a lot more track erosion, and we're concerned about siltation," he said.
The service already has a plan for managing wild horse numbers in the Kosciuszko National Park and some have been trapped and removed in the past.
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2 Comments:
First of all it was the cattle damaging the parks now it's the Brumbies~These animals have been apart of our high country for many many years the only kind of thing doing damage to our parks is the motobike riders, Skiers (in winter) and four wheel drive enthusiasts before you go banning the running of the brumbies think about banning the other one's first!!!
Of course the Brumbies numbers have increased in high country they have all that prime land to themselves.
I was up there last week-end and there was plenty of tucker running about as in rabbits and also come across a wild dog, great job parks.
Mike Hahn
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