NT Police investigate deaths of 30 station horses after feral shooting allegedly goes wrong

Workers on a Northern Territory cattle station say they are heartbroken and cannot believe that 30 station horses, which were in a paddock close to the homestead, have been shot dead.Police are now investigating the shooting on Killarney Station, about a 600-kilometre drive from Darwin.

Alex Laurisson from Killarney Station said the two people who allegedly killed the horses had been allowed to shoot feral animals on the property.

"They were supposed to just shoot a number of feral animals that had been agreed on, prior to them coming," she said.

"[The pair] were told they weren't to shoot within a certain area of the homestead and were also told that we had a lot of horses nearby that were very special to us.

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Article written by: Matt Brann and Henry Zwartz