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Australia Wild Horses

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The Fortescue Marsh about 250 kilometres south of Port. Please enjoy this read by the QLD Uni Brumby Research Unit over the holiday season. Passions Run High Over Future Of Australia S Wild Horses Financial Times Brumbies range in height from 13m to 16m and weigh 600-900kg and look like normal horses. Australia wild horses . May these tough feral horses inspire your horse keeping and hoof care practices and principles. Wild horses occur across many areas throughout Australia and can vary greatly in genetics size shape and origin. The more than 1 million-head Brumby herd remains feral to this day. Scientists say the animals known as brumbies must be culled because they are destroying rivers and endangering native wildlife. But they are smaller hardy sure-footed leaner and more muscular. They are the descendants of domestic horses that escaped and became wild. Perhaps we dont realize it but apart from a real kangaroo we are most likely to come across wild horses whe