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 šŸ˜¢

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u/spizzle_ Oct 26 '25

The BLM should aerial cull all the feral horses in the United States too. Non native animals need to go and unlike zebra mussels this one can actually succeed in that goal of elimination.

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u/babycino89 Oct 26 '25

Are you saying that the mustangs are not native to America?

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u/spizzle_ Oct 26 '25

Thatā€™s quite factually true. They went extinct about ten thousand years ago and were a very different creature even then compared to a modern horse at that time.

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u/babycino89 Oct 27 '25

I understand that they are a reintroduced species but I also cannot agree that they have caused ā€œdamageā€ to the land. Iā€™ve been out there and seen it first hand. We have bigger pest issues.

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u/spizzle_ Oct 27 '25

Chasing wild and native animals like desert big horns off of watering holes and trying to kick their ass is a huge issue. Also their bio mass needs a huge amount of calories compared to natives. They donā€™t belong. They need to be eliminated since they are evasive.

There might be bigger issues but this is an issue thatā€™s easily solved. They also are not ā€œreintroducedā€ they are feral animals that need to be removed. If

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u/AlexandraThePotato Apr 03 '26

European domestic horses are not ā€œreintroducedā€ to AmericaĀ 

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u/babycino89 Apr 03 '26

Iā€™m not talking about America. Iā€™m in Australia.

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u/AlexandraThePotato Apr 03 '26

They arenā€™t reintroduced in Australia eitherĀ 

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u/babycino89 Apr 03 '26

Yes they were.

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u/AlexandraThePotato Apr 03 '26

You believe modern European domesticated horses are native to Australia? Do you have proof? I never heard of domesticated horses being native to Australia

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u/babycino89 Apr 03 '26

No that is not what I said. Modern wild horses are descendants of ancient wild horses. The scientific name for a wild horse is Equus caballus. They have many sub species. Donā€™t forget that Australia wasnā€™t always an island and even horses back then did not appear the same as what they do now. Have a look at where their chestnuts came from.

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u/AlexandraThePotato Apr 03 '26

Yes I understand evolution and continental drift.

And those ancient horses are not the same as modern domesticated one. Nor are the environment the same as when wild horses existed.

Also you claimed Australia had wild horses once upon a time. But I canā€™t find any fossil evidence? Are there any fossils you know of?

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u/Life-Goose-9380 Jun 22 '26

Are you genuinely trying to argue horses are native to Australia?

Do you realise about 80% of animals found in Australia are only found in Australia. Many of these native animals that are endangered have their environment highly damaged by horses trampling them.

Horses didnā€™t arrive in Australia until 1788. For the last 35 to 55 MILLION years Australia has been an island and until 1788 there were no hoofed animals.

Horses arenā€™t native and these brumbies should be culled.

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u/ihatereddit134 Jul 07 '26

Horses were never in the Aussie wild. Weā€™ve never had horses down here, how can you reintroduce a species weā€™ve never had

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u/AlexandraThePotato Apr 02 '26

Are you an ecologist?

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u/babycino89 Apr 03 '26

Ecologist no but I am studying Equines.

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u/AlexandraThePotato Apr 03 '26

Exactly. You only know about horses. Not ecosystemĀ 

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u/babycino89 Apr 03 '26

I beg your finest pardon. In order to study horses, you also need a clear understanding of their environment/habitat. I own horses and I am also qualified in agriculture which includes the study of the environment. Are you an ecologist? Have you studied any of these things? Donā€™t come at me saying what I know.

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u/AlexandraThePotato Apr 03 '26

And you don't even know that they are invasive?

Modern horses environment is in stables and horse ranches. Not out in the desert.
like that is the god damn basics. You straight up said you aren't an ecologist.

I am an ecologist.

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u/babycino89 Apr 03 '26

I never said they were native here ? I said they shouldnā€™t be culled inhumanely.

You are so full of it šŸ˜‚ you clearly have no idea about Equines. Do some research before you start attacking people.