In Kosciuszko National Park,the government must by law retain 3000 brumbies. But in other national parks in NSW and Victoria,the goal is zero feral horses.
The ABC Ombudsman criticised three news bulletins that included unsubstantiated claims challenging the science behind the feral horse population estimate,but declined to rule on the journalist’s personal use of social media.
NSW government is ramping up the removal of feral horses from the alpine environment with a controversial technique.
Brumby advocates remain opposed to culling and argue rehoming should be the future of feral horse management. Environmentalists say it’s “tinkering at the edges”.
The state government’s controversial program of shooting feral horses from helicopters continues in an effort to bring down their numbers.
The federal government has threatened to call for the removal of all feral horses from alpine regions rather than preserving 3000 brumbies on heritage grounds.
More than 800 feral horses have been shot from helicopters in the Kosciuszko National Park,just months after the government trialled aerial shooting in the state for the first time in 20 years.
Just months after the NSW government approved the aerial shooting of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park,figures suggest it is working.
It’s been more than 20 years since aerial shooting of brumbies was allowed in NSW,but that all changed on Friday in a bid to protect native species from extinction.
A majority on the Senate environment committee also called for the Albanese government to boost state funding for management of the alpine environment.