ARTyrdom

The Swamp Sparrow of Québec, Canada

Magic Hour

By Shannon Taylor aka Shannon D Taylor

Australia has the highest extinction rate in the world. That isn't because of the brumbies, it's human beings. Australians say we love animals, but that couldn't be further from the truth. We eat our national emblems, we kill kangaroos in horrific manners, our koalas teater on and off the endangered list and we are mind-blowingly killing our historic brumbies in a fashion that isn't fit for us to watch. In other words, the helicopters don't have cameras, so the situation can't be monitored. Our @rspcansw @rspcaaustralia, the organisation that's supposed to be for the animals, condones the slaughter... but what does one expect from an organisation that profits from slaughterhouse animals? Our pathetic excuse of a government @albomp @chrisminnsmp @ Penny Sharpe (who has blocked me) are telling everyone everything EXCEPT THE TRUTH. @nswnationalparks and @invasive_species_council NSW think that this whole situation is funny and have blatantly lied to people who are asking for clarity.

The Animal Welfare Assessment of Brumby Aerial shooting 2023 Report states one brumby was chased by a helicopter for 9 minutes and 29 seconds then it was shot at, hit in the thorax and took around 3 minutes to die. Horses aren't built to withstand a run like that. In the report, very few horses had a shot to the head. A lot of the photographs from this current 2026 cull show horses with blood coming from the nostrils - ie the arteries in the lungs have exploded, which is something incredibly painful to go through and it makes them feel like they are being slowly suffocated - so our brumbies are being chased to the point where they are suffering exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage. Does anyone think chasing a brumby for up to ten minutes in a helicopter to the point where deep in the lungs the veins burst and then finally they are peppered with up to 7 to 15 bullets is humane?

Trail of Light

By Amanda Clark

The Courage

By Lora Zombie