The organiser of a push to stop brumbies being culled in the Alpine National Park is trying to raise money to take the next stage of his legal appeal to the High Court.
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Philip Maguire last week lost his bid to appeal the decision of the Supreme Court, which allowed Parks Victoria to continue with its plan to shoot the horses for population control.
Chief Justice Anne Ferguson also ruled that he pay Parks Victoria's legal costs.
Mr Maguire - who owns land adjacent to the national park - has put out a call on social media, asking for donations to continue the fight.
"We need your help to save our high country brumbies, these wild horses are symbolic of Australia's cultural heritage," he said on the Rural Resistance Facebook page.
"Yes, they have to be managed. No, they don't have to be shot. We need you donate to the fight. Even if you can only spare $1."
He promised that if supporters of the brumbies got behind him, he would push for an injunction in the High Court.
Mr Maguire's lawyer last week tried to argue that his client would miss out on business opportunities if the brumbies were culled.
But Parks Victoria's legal counsel was successful in arguing that Mr Maguire did not have standing to make the application to stop the culling of feral horses because his connection was only an "intellectual or emotional concern".
The Supreme Court is yet to publish the reasons for the ruling.
A gofundme page started by the Maguires had raised more than $91,000 from 1700 as of Monday afternoon.
The fundraising was still continuing, including the silent auction of a pastel painting of a brumby, held via Facebook on Monday.
