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Feral horses encroach on Utopia homelands, creating safety and infrastructure issues
A mob of around 500 feral horses is increasingly encroaching on a remote Northern Territory Indigenous community, creating a safety issue for residents and damaging water infrastructure.
Key points:
- A man who runs a cattle lease south of Utopia Homelands says feral horses are becoming a safety problem
- He says he’s seen stallions right near houses fighting over a drink of water
- Water troughs were installed after feral horse deaths near Santa Teresa, but some say feral horses have become bolder
The Utopia Homelands is a collection of small outstations around 240 kilometres north-east of Alice Springs.
Dennis Kunoth, who runs Waite River cattle lease just south of Utopia, said feral horses were walking right up to community houses in search of…
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