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Spare the brumbies


While there is at least a theoretical ecological basis for reducing the Kosciuszko brumby population (although there appears to be little scientific evidence to support it at the moment), three things remain certain: that it would be impossible in that mountainous country to kill every brumby; that anything short of killing every brumby would ultimately result in more brumbies, not fewer, than there are now; and that killing sentient beings, even individually, much less in their thousands or millions, will never be an acceptable solution to any human problem.


While I am all in favour of using physical barriers to protect corroboree frog territory, and fertility control (pretty easy with horses) to reduce brumby populations, I am constantly mystified that anyone would think that one animal has more inherent right to live than another, just because one is a native and the other introduced by humans.


Additionally, given that the brumbies are now naturalised in the Snowy region, the environment will certainly have adapted to their presence, and we have not the slightest idea what other native animals we may harm by removing them.


I for one am delighted that the NSW government has decided not to massacre these horses, and I don’t really care about their reasoning. I just wish governments across Australia could be persuaded to also spare our native keystone species, the kangaroos, without whom we know our ecosystems cannot survive.


Article source: http://watoday.com.au/victoria/critical-response-police-shot-swingers-32-seconds-after-entering-inflation-party-20170710-gx8ety.html

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