The state's Environment Minister has found herself in hot water, after it was revealed that five domestic horses shot and killed at a Far West station had not escaped to join feral horses, but had entered from a neighbouring property.

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Ms Sharpe had previously told state Parliament that five domestic horses were mistakenly culled after they had joined a wild mob of brumbies, but on Tuesday, October 21, she confirmed that the animals had in fact been on their own at the time of the shooting.

"There had been invasive species controls happening at Thurloo Downs

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