After the court ruling, the government agency Parks Victoria will now be able to continue culling wild horses
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himThe killing of Australian wild horses will continue. Attempts to protect them have been of no use: the federal court has ruled that it is more important to protect native vegetation, and they must be eliminated.
A real battle against the Brumbies, or the wild horses of the Australian Alps, considered invasive species. After the court ruling, the government agency Parks Victoria will now be able to continue shooting them down. The legal challenge between Parks Victoria and the Australian Brumby Alliance ends with the government agency's victory, ordering environmentalists to pay the bills.
Environmentalists accused New South Wales of not having supervised the animals at the border and of being somehow responsible for the damage done by wild horses, but the question is old, for some time there has been discussion about these specimens, hundreds, descendants of runaway horses which have then adapted to the wild life, but which farmers and residents do not like very much, who complain of damage and raids.
The wild horses are considered a pest species, which threatens native plants and animals by grazing, trampling vegetation and damaging waterways. But, as we said, there have been attempts to protect them with special laws made by New South Wales. The population in Australian alpine parks has more than doubled in five years. C Initially, the government had speculated about capturing and relocating them, but now it will directly start killing them as a control measure.
The reactions to this Court decision are almost all positive. Few are taking the side of the horses. Parks Victoria conservation scientist Mark Norman said the court's decision was positive:
“The Victorian Alps are home to species not found anywhere else in the world. They have evolved over millions of years and have not adapted to the pressures of half-ton animals such as horses and deer, which cause so much damage to vegetation, waterways and other habitats. Our native fauna and plants need help because they have nowhere else to go ”.
Daniel McLaughlin, Parks Victoria Regional Director for Northern Victoria, said the scale and impact of the fires were unprecedented and that governments and the community had to "mobilize efforts" to protect what remained of important. ecosystems. He further said the agency is authorized to remove wild horses from areas where conservation is a top priority and this includes "wild horse target practice".
Voice out of the chorus, Jill Pickering, president of the Australian Brumby Alliance, is not happy: “we will continue to fight for the brumbies because they are an irreplaceable part of the Australian cultural heritage”.
They will appeal. But in the meantime how many specimens will be killed?
Source: The Guardian
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