There's another epidemic sweeping the country but it's not impacting people.
Just like in people, obesity has become a big problem in horses and it's killing them.
Humans are literally loving their equine companions to death and it's not necessarily because of extra carrots..
In Australia, 40 percent of horses and 70 percent of ponies are obese.
The University of Queensland's Associate Professor Francois-Rene Bertin is looking into how to stop this toxic love.
He spoke to Belinda Sanders about this potentially fatal condition.
