http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/10/2087321.htm

Sterilise, don't cull brumbies: RSPCA
Posted Sat Nov 10, 2007 12:42pm AEDT

The RSPCA says the Queensland Government should be controlling the numbers of feral horses across the state with a sterility program instead of a planned cull.

Spokesman Michael Beatty says about 10,000 feral brumbies need to be culled in a number of Queensland national parks.

He says sterility programs - where the drug is administered through a dart - have worked in the US and should have been introduced years ago.

"The RSPCA reluctantly accept some sort of cull did have to go ahead but we believe something should've been done about the situation years before now," he said.

"That's why we're pleading with the Government to start introducing fertility control sooner rather than later."

http://www.savethebrumbies.org/news.htm

Oh GST, that's me!. God that's funny. And mature.

Finally you come up with something that's worthy of debating but sure enough your smart mouth gets in the road of being taken seriously and continues to give me doubts on your actual affiliation with PALE&IF. Learn to spell for a start. Typo's happen, but mate, there's a spell check at the top.

So in all, you've actually got no suggestions of your own?.

One question. Do you, or anyone in "that office" own a can of flyspray?. 'cause I sure as hell haven't seen you write about the massacre of billions of flies everyday, and they're WAY more necessary to the environment than horses.

The horse has been one of the most useful animals for thousands of years. And people still use horses for recreation, sport, and work.
Large crowds thrill to the excitement of horse races. Horses perform in circuses, carnivals, gymkhanas, parades, rodeos, and horse shows.
They help ranchers to round up great herds of cattle, and do other farm work.

Horses are eager to please their owners. Most horses have good memories and can easily be trained to obey commands. A horse may learn to come when its owner whistles. A circus horse takes 'bows' when its trainer touches its front legs with a whip. Horses can learn to respond to even the slightest signals.

People who watch an expert rider on a well-trained horse often can't see the signs the rider uses. The quick obedience of the horse has helped make it one of our most valuable (and loved) animals.

I grew up with horses and I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would want to shoot these beautiful animals. For money?
Because there's too many of them? There must be a better solution
than simply culling the animals - in such an agonising way.

Pale, on another thread you said that you would be happy for no animals at all to be farmed and it would be ok if they became extinct. Say, we stopped farming sheep, pigs, cattle etc. What would happen to the animals already in existence? Farm gates would be left open and fences cut and they would join the feral populations. That’s how we now have so many wild deer in this country for one example.

Rampaging feral bulls, mad cows, how would they be controlled? Same way as the brumbies I guess ….

I am not saying that the method they are using to cull these horses is the right one, but the cull is very necessary.

I know you don’t push the vegetarian line, but that is the fate of animals if they have their way.

As for the horse flu – my opinion is that the brumby had nothing to do with it – big money changed hands to clear horses through quarantine in time for a race, I’ll bet on that.

Foxy – what do you propose? That each australian keeps a brumby in the back yard? These are wild animals, not easily domesticated. Yes, horses are lovely creatures but unless you have a lot of land or a lot of money you are going to have accept the reality that there are just too many of them.

No, I'm not suggesting that every Australian keep a brumby in their backyard (though now that you've said it - hmmmmm - it's a thought).
What I am suggesting is - why do we always take the easier and cheaper option. Why don't we come up with a better more humane alternative? Aren't there countries that need working animals? Like China for example? That's only one humble suggestion. I'm sure that others could come up with better ones. We could at least try - couldn't we?

We've got a horse, dogs, cats, goats and I've been a professional hunter. God only knows how many animals I've culled and erradicated and some I took no pleasure in and others needed to be because of the damage they were doing. Pigs, rabbits and goats were the main targets of the shooting programs but none were sadder than having to cull deer populations. I never enjoyed doing that, but it was a necessary part of what I was employed to do.

I personally would find nothing sadder than culling horses. I know most of you people struggle to get your heads around the reality of culling, and people like PALE would be happy if you thought shooters shower in the flowing blood of wounded animals and gut shoot them for the hell of it. Obviously professional shooters are FAR from this fantasy.

It's sad cost is an issue. Maybe if money was no issue we'd have the perfect solution.... Remember, we're talking about governments here.

I notice PALE isn't around to post the governments stance on this. Only propaganda. Big surprise.