A mass shooting of thousands of wild horses from helicopter gunships in the Snowy Mountains of Australia is set to start this week as protesters cry for an end to the practice that delivers death from above in a bid to protect “indigenous plants.”

Commonly called “brumbies” in the land Down Under, the wild horses , along with feral donkeys, pigs and buffalo, are regularly hunted and the terrified animals destroyed from the air by marksmen.

Many fatally wounded mares leave dependent foals who then starve to death while injured horses are left to suffer in pain for days or weeks before succumbing to their injuries.

Shooters will target the…

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