Biologist Raises Alarm Over Brumbies as Horse Cull Pauses

A wildlife biologist and Australian Army veteran reports that locals near Mount Kosciuszko are finding wild horses that allegedly died in agony during a government cull. The NSW government considers wild horses pests threatening the region’s ecosystem, and a cull is currently paused for a population survey. The biologist has described the campaign against the animals as unprecedentedly ugly.

• Locals near Mount Kosciuszko are finding wild horses that allegedly died in agony during a government cull.
• The NSW government lists wild horses (brumbies) as pests detrimental to the region’s ecosystem.
• A current cull of wild horses has been paused for a population survey.
• A wildlife biologist described the campaign against the horses as “so very ugly.”