Equus caballus
Horse, Feral Horse at Watson, ACT
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| Equus caballus | waltraud | 7 May 2025 |
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Not a wild horse. This record is to document that horse riding continues in nature reserve where it shouldn't. I will remove the record after CNP north saw it. People who have a horse at the majura horse holding paddock seem to use every opportunity to ride horses in the reserve east of the Fair. One extremely aggressive woman in particular behaves as if she owns the paddock and has the right to ride her horse/s where ever she is pleased.
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7 May 2025
Hi @waltraud, since the 1970s, the horse rider group was always claimed to be less respectful of rules and more combative than other users such as mountain bike riders and, back in the day, even trail bike riders. But that has nothing to do with your wish to get the ACT Government to achieve a higher level of control over horse riding than what prevails now. It seems to me this is practically no different than if you used Nature Mapper to record fence cutting, trail bike riding, or people illegally taking firewood or rocks. (And I cant imagine why this use of Nature mapper is more preferable than a phone call or text or email.) Should you instead deliver horse droppings to the door of the Legislative Assembly, in the presence of the local media, while wearing a costume of a locally threatened species?
8 May 2025
true Don; I asked several times for a tiny action namely to close a certain gate to keep the horses out. I have the feeling I need to document misuse otherwise agencies conveniently don't believe volunteers who are sometimes treated like a nuisance or idiots.
Location information
- Maps The Fair, Watson Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
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- At least 1 Abundance
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- waltraud NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Equus caballus Other hoofed mammals Feral hoofed introduced mammals Mammals
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- Equus caballus Scientific name
- Horse, Feral Horse Common name
- Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 2096.6m Recorded at altitude
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