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Low Rehoming Rates Threaten Kaimanawa Horses’ Long-term Future

Friday, 8 March 2024, 9:09 am | Kaimanawa Heritage Horses

The official 2024 Muster count has been completed by the Dept of Conservation (DOC) which has confirmed that there are 530 horses in the Waiouru Ranges. Confirming the number of horses in the ranges marks our official start on the push to find as many ... More >>

Contraception To Manage The Wild Kaimanawa Herd

Monday, 30 May 2022, 5:20 pm | Kaimanawa Heritage Horses

The May 2022 Kaimanawa Wild Horse Muster marked the start of a new era in the management of the Kaimanawa wild horse population following the introduction of immuno-contraception as a method of controlling population growth into the future. After being researched ... More >>

Low Rehoming Rates Threaten Kaimanawa Horses’ Long-term Future

Sunday, 27 February 2022, 6:53 pm | Kaimanawa Heritage Horses

The annual wild kaimanawa horse muster, scheduled to take place in late April, will see a minimum of 150 horses needing homes this year, with concern rising over the shortage of homes for horses following the round-up last year. With COVID restrictions ... More >>

Kaimanawa Heritage Horses

Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 12:35 pm | Kaimanawa Heritage Horses

Despite limited food, drought like conditions across the country, and the threat of a saturated market, Kaimanawa Heritage Horses Welfare Society are again taking up the challenge for another slaughter free muster, following the announcement that ... More >>

Good homes urgently required for Kaimanawa wild Horses

Friday, 8 March 2019, 7:36 pm | Kaimanawa Heritage Horses

70 Kaimanawa horses face a grim future In April/May, seventy Kaimanawa wild horses will be mustered out of the Kaimanawa Ranges as part the area’s ecological management strategy. More >>

Life size bronze Kaimanawa Horse statue proposed for Waiouru

Monday, 24 September 2018, 2:46 pm | Kaimanawa Heritage Horses

Kaimanawa Heritage Horses (KHH) a group interested in the welfare and preservation of the wild horses are seeking community support for erecting a life size bronze Kaimanawa horse statue in central Waiouru on SH1. More >>

Kaimanawa horses destined for slaughter

Tuesday, 22 April 2014, 11:06 am | Kaimanawa Heritage Horses

120 lives will be lost if good home can’t be found for Kaimanawa horses from this year’s Department of Conservation muster. 180 Kaimanawa horses are to be removed in the muster and the Kaimanawa Heritage Horses Welfare Society is seeking suitable ... More >>

Kaimanawa horses destined for slaughter

Saturday, 19 April 2014, 12:39 pm | Kaimanawa Heritage Horses

120 lives will be lost if good home can’t be found for Kaimanawa horses from this year’s Department of Conservation muster. More >>

170 Kaimanawa horses face the slaughter house

Friday, 11 May 2012, 9:32 am | Kaimanawa Heritage Horses

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