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The Feral Horse Action Plan 2021 outlines the approach to manage feral horses in the Alpine National Park and adjacent state forests over a ten-year period.
Horses are not a natural part of the Australian environment. They destroy habitat critical to many threatened plant and animal species by eating and degrading fragile vegetation, damaging waterways, and disturbing soil to cause erosion and compaction. Parks Victoria works with community and experts to design and deliver programs that can help control feral horse populations.
The Alpine National Park is an adventure-lover’s dream. Hike Victoria’s highest mountain ranges, explore wildflower draped landscapes on horseback or head out on world-class mountain bike trails. Run wild rapids on white-water rafting trips, four-wheel drive the secluded reaches of the park or cross-country ski through tangled snow gum forests.
Australia's native plants and animals have adapted to life on an isolated continent over millions of years.
Victorian surveys on feral horses
Monitoring the numbers of horses helps determine the scale of their impact and the change in horse numbers over time caused by population growth, environmental factors and horse control undertaken by Parks Victoria.