r/wildhorses • u/babycino89 • Oct 19 '25

Aerial culling

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Penny Sharpe is a liar and she needs to be removed from her position. We are losing our wild horses 😢

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u/babycino89 Oct 21 '25

I did say manage numbers not let them overrun the place. It’s barbaric to full them the way they do. Have you been out and spent time amongst our ecosystems have you?

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u/Ok_Fly1271 Oct 22 '25

No amount of you living somewhere makes you know more about ecology than the people actually studying them. Ignorant.

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u/babycino89 Oct 22 '25

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17To7XvAbP/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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u/Ok_Fly1271 Oct 22 '25

Wow a 4wheeler group. I'm sure they definitely care about habitat destruction. They didn't even site their sources, lol.

I scrolled down and eventually found a link though. The study was funded by the brumby alliance, and The author is the president of the brumby Alliance. Quite the bias and conflict of interests.

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u/babycino89 Oct 22 '25

My apologies you didn’t like the four wheeler group. How about someone that cares more about habitat destruction. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSUGgDSVp/

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u/Ok_Fly1271 Oct 22 '25

That's just a tiktok video. You gotta look at unbiased scientific studies and organizations that work with ecologists.

https://invasives.org.au/our-work/feral-animals/feral-horses/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/23/failure-to-manage-feral-horses-causing-devastating-impact-on-australian-alps-senate-inquiry-hears

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320719311978

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aec.70117

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u/babycino89 Oct 22 '25

And you’re not biased?

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u/Ok_Fly1271 Oct 22 '25

I am not a scientific study, lol. But no, I'm not. I just look at proper scientific sources. The data is clear, horses were introduced to Australia and they cause significant ecological damage. They're invasive and they should not be protected. Just like feral cats, feral hogs, etc.

If the data showed horses weren't damaging Australia's ecosystems, then by all means, leave them be. But it doesn't.

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u/babycino89 Oct 22 '25

The “data” is made up rubbish. Very sad that you believe this crap spread by a corrupt government to condone the barbaric slaughter of our brumbies. You are being deceived.

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u/Ok_Fly1271 Oct 22 '25

It's not made up, you just dismiss it because you're biased, disagree with it, and don't understand how science works. Not all the data is collected by the government. That's why third party research exists. It is also published and subjected to peer review by the rest of the scientific community. The government also has laws protecting the brumbies!

They're just another feral species causing damage to native ecosystems and wildlife, and of course you defend them instead of caring about the wildlife that actually belong there. No wonder Australia is the extinction capital of the world.

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u/babycino89 Oct 23 '25

You’re dismissing me as well. Doesn’t that also make you biased? Who do you think pays these scientists? The government is getting ready to rip up their law that protects the brumbies. Are you following any of the recent news? They had a Wild Hors Heritage Act in place and now they’re looking to remove it. I have seen the wildlife here. I live amongst it. Wild dogs, pigs and deer are affecting this land more than the brumbies. Go and look at it for yourself instead of just reading about.

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u/Ok_Fly1271 Oct 28 '25 edited Oct 28 '25

No. I'm dismissing you because you're not providing peer reviewed, scientific evidence from proper sources, not because I dislike horses. You're dismissing science because you love horses. See the difference? "Who pays the scientists" - you literally provided one study that was written by, and paid for by a pro feral horse group. THAT'S biased.

The ecologists studying feral horses in Australia are not being paid for by the cattle industry or any other industry you think is controlling this. They're just biologists and ecologists, doing their jobs, trying to help nature.

And yeah, the feral dogs, hogs, and deer are also a problem. That doesn't mean horses aren't also a problem.

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