D-Day approaches for the wild horses of Australia's High Country

If you thought the pressure was on the Australian Wallabies at the start of the week, spare a thought for Australia’s wild horses, or brumbies, whose fate will be informed by federal politicians later this week.

This Friday marks D-Day for the free and wild horses of the nation’s alpine region as a report from a federal Senate inquiry is handed down roughly eight months after its genesis at the hands of another Brumby – former ACT Brumbies vice-captain David Pocock, now an independent ACT senator.

A successful Notice of Motion from Senator Pocock in February 2023 saw the Federal Senate’s Environment and Communications References Committee charged with investigating “the impacts and management of feral horses in the Australian Alps”.

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Article written by: Edwina Mason