Petition: Australia Is Gunning Down Wild Horses From Helicopters. Stop the Slaughter.

Australia’s iconic wild horses — known as brumbies — are once again being chased down and shot from the air. Since June 9, 2026, the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service has been running an aerial culling program inside Kosciuszko National Park, part of a plan to slash the herd to just 3,000 animals. Advocates documenting the operation say mares, foals, and stallions are being gunned down from helicopters, that horses can be shot multiple times, and that wounded animals are left to suffer while orphaned foals are left behind. The government says the horses damage the park’s fragile alpine ecosystems, but veterinarians and welfare advocates argue that protecting habitat should not mean chasing terrified horses from the sky. Please sign the petition.

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There are humane, science-based ways to manage wild horse populations, and aerial gunning is not one of them. Sign the petition urging the New South Wales government to immediately halt the aerial shooting and work with animal-welfare experts on humane alternatives. The same cruelty plays out closer to home: One Green Planet has covered how wild horses have died during helicopter roundups in Nevada, and Animals Australia documents the brumby cull here.

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