Dog Whisperer

13/06/2026

This is utterly shameful

Witnesses have described finding dozens of brumbies wrapped around trees with broken legs and necks after aerial culls in Kosciuszko National Park, as outrage grows over the practice. ▶️ https://bit.ly/4e4kkg3

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12/06/2026

🐾- Volunteering opportunities

Our dog rescue and boarding facility in Albion Park, NSW is in need of passionate and reliable volunteers to help care for our dogs and give them the love and attention they deserve.

We’re specifically looking for volunteers who are 18+ and available:
🕣 Between 7am – 9:30am
🕒 And/or 3:00pm – 6:00pm
📅 Monday to Friday

As a volunteer, you'll be:
🐶 Spending time with our dogs
🏃‍♀️ Helping with basic training
🛁 Assisting with their daily care
🎒 Even taking them on adventures – or the occasional sleepover!

While this is a volunteer role, we’re seeking individuals who can commit to at least 2 hours per week. Commitment begins with attending our mandatory induction.

👉 Our next volunteer induction is scheduled for Saturday 20th June 2026 at 9am – rain, hail or shine!
(You will only receive a confirmation and further info if you are able to attend this date.

📌 you must be able to handle dogs of different sizes and various behaviours

Link to application form:

https://form.jotform.com/82008920699868

*If you have applied previously and did not attend an induction, please apply again

11/06/2026

Community update: 45,512 SIGNATURES FOR THE BRUMBIES! 🎉🐴

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU the campaign against the aerial and ground culling of brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park continues to grow.

Between the NSW Parliamentary e-petition and the petition led by Animal Justice Party NSW MP Emma Hurst, a combined total of 45,512 signatures have been collected up to date! ✊

To everyone who has signed, shared, commented, contacted MPs, and helped spread the word: thank you so much. Every signature strengthens demonstrates the depth of public concern about the treatment of brumbies.

We also want to address a question we've seen raised recently: yes, we care about brumbies too.

Animal Justice Party ACT has been advocating for animal welfare in all its forms, and we are doing everything within our power to support this campaign. While this issue falls within NSW jurisdiction, we continue to support the work being done by our colleagues in Animal Justice Party NSW and MP Emma Hurst, who has been working tirelessly to raise these concerns in Parliament and push for more humane solutions.

The fight is not over.

The NSW Parliamentary e-petition remains open until 10 November 2026, which means there is still time to build even more public pressure and show decision-makers that Australians expect animal welfare to be taken seriously.

More than 45,500 people have already spoken.

Let's keep going. Share the petition. Talk to your friends and family. Contact your representatives. 🤎

✍️ Sign the petition here if you are a NSW resident: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/Pages/epetition-details.aspx?q=BmohXScSptUiwqbMm5kfBg

✍️ Sign the petition here if you live elsewhere:
https://www.emmahurstmp.com/petition_stop_the_slaughter_of_brumbies

09/06/2026

09/06/2026

Today is National Animal Rights Day!🐾❤️

Today we honour the billions of animals whose lives are affected by human choices and recognize their right to live free from suffering, exploitation, and harm.

Every animal is someone, not something. Whether they are companions in our homes, wildlife in nature, or animals raised for food, they all share the capacity to feel pain, joy, fear, and love.

National Animal Rights Day is a time to reflect on the world we want to create - one built on compassion, respect, and justice for all beings.

Each of us has the power to make a difference through our daily choices, our voices, and our actions. Together, we can help build a future where animals are valued for who they are, not for what they can provide.

- Speak up.
- Choose compassion.
- Be their voice.

Psssst! Plans are underway to make NARD happen in Canberra in 2027!! 😍

08/06/2026

THE BRUMBY MASSACRES WILL CONTINUE IN LESS THAN 2 DAYS 💔

On June 9, NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe has ordered the commencement of the brumby aerial cull in Kosciuszko National Park.

These aerial shootings lead to inhumane deaths and suffering for thousands of brumbies and their foals. Shots are not always immediately fatal, which can leave animals injured and suffering for prolonged periods.

It is important to note that while conservation is used to justify these culls, the NSW Government continues to approve large-scale land clearing and environmental destruction for development and infrastructure projects.

Brumby populations can be managed through fertility control and other humane measures that do not result in the suffering and deaths of thousands of beautiful horses that form an important part of Australia’s heritage.

There isn’t much time left. The NSW Government and Penny Sharpe MLC should be held accountable for this cruel and unnecessary slaughter.

📣 HOW TO HELP 📣

1. Email your local MP (draft in the comments)
2. Email NSW Premier Chris Minns (draft in the comments).
3. Sign the petition demanding the aerial culls be suspended: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/Pages/epetition-details.aspx?q=BmohXScSptUiwqbMm5kfBg

08/06/2026

One day left until the shooting begins.

Sections of the park will be closed. Helicopters will darken the clear blue sky. The crack of gunshots will ring out. Horses will run in terror. They will be shot from above, unable to escape. Unable to save their mob. They will be shot in the back, in their sides, left to bleed out slowly. Not even pregnant mares will be spared this fate.

There is no humane way to do this.

The AJP's Emma Hurst has fought tirelessly against this. She chaired a NSW Upper House inquiry into the aerial shooting program, hearing from hundreds of community members and examining evidence that the brumby population had been significantly overstated by the government all along.

Animals cannot vote. They cannot lobby. They cannot speak in parliament. But we can — and right now, Emma Hurst is one of the very few voices in any parliament in this country who will.

Please add your voice to the masses crying out for a more humane solution and sign Emma's petition.

It may feel like it's too late but this isn't the first time this has happened.
And if we don't speak up, it won't be the last.

https://www.emmahurstmp.com/petition_stop_the_slaughter_of_brumbies

07/06/2026