@rogespeed wrote:
well at 10's thousands yes i imagine some damage but reduce to say 500 as representitive herds living within 1.2 million hectares of the Australian Alps region i think for historic reasons would be justifiedGood grief.....have you any idea what you are saying?
Tens of thousands of horses in the wild would do incalculable damage....not to mention how many would starve and die of thirst in our inhospitable climate.
Even 500 is too many to be roaming free in the Alps. I have seen first hand how 6 horses on 10 acres can denude the grass and damge the natural water supply....and that is with daily feeding and watering and regular attention from the owners.
( btw many black fellas used horses when employed as jackaroos - and i am sure in the highlands they were good eating, a food source that did not conflict with sheep/cattle interests )
Black fellas?
Not very PC are we?
Yes, the aboriginal stockmen used horses which were owned by their employers.....not brumbies that they caught in the wild.
They did not eat horse meat....at least those that lived and worked on properties did not.
Part of their wages consisted of meat and foodstuffs provided by their employer. That would be whatever animals were on the property....beef or lamb, and whatever kangaroos and goannas they could trap.
@lyndal1838 wrote:
@rogespeed wrote:
well at 10's thousands yes i imagine some damage but reduce to say 500 as representitive herds living within 1.2 million hectares of the Australian Alps region i think for historic reasons would be justifiedGood grief.....have you any idea what you are saying?
Tens of thousands of horses in the wild would do incalculable damage....not to mention how many would starve and die of thirst in our inhospitable climate.
Even 500 is too many to be roaming free in the Alps. I have seen first hand how 6 horses on 10 acres can denude the grass and damge the natural water supply....and that is with daily feeding and watering and regular attention from the owners.
( btw many black fellas used horses when employed as jackaroos - and i am sure in the highlands they were good eating, a food source that did not conflict with sheep/cattle interests )
Black fellas?
Yes, the aboriginal stockmen used horses which were owned by their employers.....not brumbies that they caught in the wild.
They did not eat horse meat....at least those that lived and worked on properties did not.
Part of their wages consisted of meat and foodstuffs provided by their employer. That would be whatever animals were on the property....beef or lamb, and whatever kangaroos and goannas they could trap.
They do not resent that term , black of black fellas , so who are you ?
@lyndal1838 wrote:
@rogespeed wrote:
well at 10's thousands yes i imagine some damage but reduce to say 500 as representitive herds living within 1.2 million hectares of the Australian Alps region i think for historic reasons would be justifiedGood grief.....have you any idea what you are saying?
Tens of thousands of horses in the wild would do incalculable damage....not to mention how many would starve and die of thirst in our inhospitable climate.
Even 500 is too many to be roaming free in the Alps. I have seen first hand how 6 horses on 10 acres can denude the grass and damge the natural water supply....and that is with daily feeding and watering and regular attention from the owners.
( btw many black fellas used horses when employed as jackaroos - and i am sure in the highlands they were good eating, a food source that did not conflict with sheep/cattle interests )
Black fellas?
Yes, the aboriginal stockmen used horses which were owned by their employers.....not brumbies that they caught in the wild.
They did not eat horse meat....at least those that lived and worked on properties did not.
Part of their wages consisted of meat and foodstuffs provided by their employer. That would be whatever animals were on the property....beef or lamb, and whatever kangaroos and goannas they could trap.
Was not talking about stockman eating brumbies , but the tribes in the high country during the 1800's ( horses hunted or carrion) - the brumby issue in this post relates to horses in the high country national parks
