Paul Hardey has seen the fight over the high country's horses turn feral. Internal NPWS documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws describe a "history of direct threats and intimidation" and list some of the messages sent to parks staff: "Do the right thing or suffer the consequences" "What goes around… comes around" "You'll be shamed – not a nice …
The New South Wales government has finalised its wild horse management plan that will see thousands of brumbies removed from Kosciuszko National Park. Key points: Authorities will work to decrease Kosciuszko National Park's brumby population by more than three quarters by 2027 Conservationists have welcomed the plan but say numbers should never have been allowed to rise so high Monaro …
The brumbies of Kosciuszko National Park have been the cause of division and debate for decades. "They're absolutely beautiful creatures, but I don't think that's got anything to do with the fact that they shouldn't be allowed in our fragile high country," she says. "It came up with a suggestion that a population of about 600 horses could be retained …
Fears that wild horses roaming a New South Wales national park could be targeted in a massive aerial culling program have been allayed, but what should be done with the brumbies remains a sticking point for government agencies and animal advocates. Key points: Brumbies have so far been excluded from a mass cull of feral animals across New South Wales …