FRAZIER DOWNS West Kimberley |
LAKE GREGORY East Kimberley |
THEDA North Kimberley
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There are thousands of wild horses, which roam the wilderness of the Kimberley.Many are descendants from thoroughbred Arab horses, taken to Balgo, La Grange and Kalumburu Missions by priests in the 1930s, with a view to breeding and selling them. Some were used as stock horses on cattle stations but released into the wild when replaced by motorbikes and helicopters. Today these beautiful horses roam free in the wild gorges, rainforests and grasslands.
Recently, due to our publicity about the marvellous horses at Lake Gregory, a Vet from the Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai , trapped 12 of the Arab horses near the lake and these horses have been performing well in Dubai.
Last year we were sent 13 horses from Theda station near Kalumburu to be re-homed, some in Broome and others
in the South West. Recently DAFFWA shot 667 horses on Frazier Downs south of Broome.
They are survived only by a small group, which were previously taken to Waterbank station near Broome.