The New South Wales Government's decision to reverse a planned cull of brumbies in the Snowy Mountains has split communities across Victoria and NSW.

Conservation groups believe sensitive alpine environments and native species will continue to be destroyed by the wild horses.

The NSW Government originally wanted to reduce the number of horses in the Kosciuszko National Park by 90 per cent over 20 years.

Instead, NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro this week announced the brumby management plan would prohibit lethal culling because the cultural significance of brumbies needed to be recognised.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-22/nsw-brumby-cull-backflip-splits-community/9787968

"Mehreen Faruqi, the Greens environment spokeswoman, said the party had "deep concerns" about the draft plan, especially the cruelty involved in trapping and shooting the horses.
"The proposed 90 per cent reduction in brumby numbers was extreme and seemed to be just a number plucked out of the air," Dr Faruqi said, adding non-lethal methods, such as fertility control, should be given priority."
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/brumbies-cull-battle-over-wild-horses-in-kosciusko-national-park-heats-up-20170609-gwnyob.html

and here we were thinking that the Greens were in favour of conservation of native wildlife.
One wonders why they are favouring feral pests, perhaps a grab at a headline takes precedence.

“Split(ting) communities” is becoming the sport of the elites in Australia: keep us squabbling while they quietly enrich themselves by sucking up to bent Chinese, racking up power costs in cahoots with AGL, the Paris Accord, globalism and the international Marxist movement.

Bugger the brumbies! Get real before they they start culling those of us who don't want to go along with the 'new order’.

Here we go again, another one of Issy's regular "lets kill something threads". If its not people, its horses or elephants, wombats, Skippy, whatever.
//favouring feral pests//; no we never favour members of the Shooters and Hooters Party, they can be as feral and pesty as they like. Get your mate Tweedledum, or is that Tweedlevendumer, to tear himself away from his annual annihilation of endangered elephants in Africa, and have him blast away at the brumbies for a change.

What's the cultural significance of rabbits?

I don't know, have you asked Bugs Bunny!

Then again there is the Easter Bunny, a try icon of Australian culture.

Hi Paul1405,
Since we're on the topic of shooting things...
I thought you might find this article interesting.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/south-west/margaret-river-massacre-depression-drug-clue-to-grandfathers-murder-of-family-ng-b88840726z

You have an issue with the guns, but I have issue with the prescription antidepressants side of the argument.
This issue is always ignored in regard to the anti-inflammatory agenda.