NSW minister says the number of brumbies is too high and needs to be reduced to save threatened species in the Snowy Mountains
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A New South Wales government plan to allow aerial shooting of feral horses in the Kosciuszko national park has been welcomed by environmental advocacy groups that say endangered species need urgent help, even if “no one likes to see animals killed”.
The state’s environment minister, Penny Sharpe, on Monday announced aerial shooting could be added to a suite of measures being used to control the surging feral horse population under proposed changes to the park’s management plan.
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