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Australia to restart 'essential' aerial shooting of wild horses

An estimated 19,000 wild horses -- known locally as "brumbies" -- live in Kosciuszko National Park, a number that has increased by a third in the last two years.

(FILE) A horse is pictured at a protest over the culling in national parks of the iconic Australian brumby horse, in Melbourne on June 8, 2022. (AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

AFP

Sydney, Australia

Australia approved on Friday the aerial shooting of wild horses in one of the country's largest national parks, resuming a contentious

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