A councillor is leading the charge for answers over the death of a herd of wild ponies at Singleton army base.
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Singleton councillor Godfrey Adamthwaite is calling on the council to write to Defence Minister Christopher Pyne and raise concerns about the lack of transparency and community consultation.
The letter would also be used to ask how many horses were killed, if any were still alive, and the government's position on aerial culling on defence land, he said.
A letter would also be written to Hunter MP Joel Fitzgibbon to request his support.
"These questions are what everyone wants to know," he said.
"We want the transparency. There has been a lack of communication and a lot of secrecy about it.
I couldn't understand why it had to happen in the week before Christmas, especially when people were willing to capture them and move them free of charge - at no cost to the public.
"The Department of Defence have let us down."
Cr Adamthwaite will move the motion at the Singleton Council meeting on Monday night.
A crowd of supporters are expected to attend.
Hunter Heritage Horse Association founder Kim Waters will speak about the motion at the council meeting.
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She urged the community to attend the meeting and show their support. The meeting starts in the council chambers at 5.30pm.
"They were part of Singleton's heritage, they've lived on the army camp since the 1930s and they were wiped out without any regard for how the locals felt," Ms Waters said.
Defence has previously said the horses were feral pests and pointed to the drought, animal welfare concerns and environmental damage as reasons for the cull.
There was a small number of them, they were little ponies and still they blasted them from the sky. People deserve answers.
It also said previous attempts to rehome the horses had failed.
Defence confirmed it has "substantially completed" its control methods in a statement on December 20.
Cr Adamthwaite questioned these reasons and noted the herd had been living on the base for several decades.
"There was counter arguments for everything they said and the last two media releases didn't say much at all, in fact the second one only had 34 words in it," he said.
"I hope most of the councillors will support me and I hope it will get up without much opposition at all."