12/06/2026
We need to protect Australia’s Brumbies 🐎💔
The reality is here, and it is devastating.
The NSW Labor Government is conducting aerial shooting of wild horses in the Snowy Mountains. Brumbies are actively being targeted and shot from the sky, destroying horse families in a way that is cruel and inhumane.
While managing wild populations is a complex issue, it does not justify this level of violence. Animal welfare advocates have consistently highlighted far more humane, sustainable alternatives such as fertility control trials- that have yet to be properly implemented by the government.
📩 Open Letter to the Minister:
In a powerful open letter to the NSW Environment Minister, Emma Hurst MP has called for an immediate halt to the current killing program. She highlights the immense community distress and the horrific reality of aerial shooting, where horses have been found with multiple bullet wounds and orphaned foals are left to starve. Emma points out that mass culling is a heavy-handed, short-term band-aid that fails to provide a lasting solution. Instead of pushing an aggressive campaign that blocks out rescue organisations, Emma is urging the government to show true leadership by convening a genuine roundtable of environmental scientists, animal welfare experts, and advocates to implement humane, long-term options like advanced fertility control.
This must stop. Silence won’t protect them, but your voice will. 🗣️
🛑 HOW YOU CAN HELP RIGHT NOW:
‼️ Sign Emma Hurst's e-Petition: Go to emmahurstmp.com to add your name and support the call for humane alternatives! ✍️
‼️ Sign the Parliament e-petition: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/Pages/ePetition-details.aspx?q=BmohXScSptUiwqbMm5kfBg
‼️ Email Premier Chris Minns: https://www.nsw.gov.au/nsw-government/premier-of-nsw/contact-premier
‼️ Email Penny Sharpe MP: https://www.nsw.gov.au/nsw-government/ministers/minister-environment-heritage
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