An East Gippsland buck runner has confirmed the shooting of wild brumbies in the High Country, by Victorian government agencies, commenced at least two to three months ago. Lewis Benedetti has previously caught and retrained wild horses and then sold them on to be rehomed. Mr Benedetti has now stopped catching the brumbies because "the numbers are quite thin because they’ve been shooting them"....
Several trusted sources have confirmed that Victorian Government agencies last week begun culling brumbies in the Alpine National Park at Cowombat Flat in the High Country. The Bairnsdale Advertiser has been told ten vehicles drove into a closed area of the park via Limestone Road last Wednesday to begin the cull. Information on the Parks Victoria website indicates various track closures in the...
