MORE than 10,000 brumbies will be slaughtered in Queensland in a massive cull the State Government has tried to hide.

Documents obtained by The Courier-Mail show fears of a public outcry led to high-level talks on how to conceal one of world's largest animal culls.

But the kill to help the environment – including shooting horses in the state's southeast – already is drawing international condemnation from animal rights groups and criticism of the RSPCA for condoning it.

Reports obtained under Freedom of Information showed the Government was aware of the controversy the cull would create.

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