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I think that's a different report to what I read. What I would suggest, is to prevent the population from growing, because of some people's thoughtless and selfish acts. I had a friend, or let's put it, that I knew someone, who had a mob of stockhorses left on a large northwest property. He did not bother managing his stock as was too busy doing other things and as the fences break and no one was there to check on the animals or fencing periodically, the brumbies got in and the stockhorses out etc. Needless to say there was a stallion amongst them and instead of a few horses he had left behind, there was over 40 when he finally returned to the property he only lived 100km from, many years later. Didn't bother dealing with the problem again and numbers grow ... why bother, they just come and cull them eventually he says. This is just one person, there is many others who act the same way. I have also seen some properties let old horses loose " bush" them once they used them and they get too old or are otherwise no good for working anymore. Amongst them again, there is mares and sometimes the odd colt and numbers grows again and then they need to cull. And then sometimes the racing industry surplus too ends up to the edge of desert. Don't ask me how I know, I don't wish to talk about it. My point is that culling would be a bit less needed if people did not contribute to the problem by their selfish acts.

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