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Jack Gramenz

Aerial shooting ends after thousands of brumbies culled

A culling program has cut the number of brumbies in the Kosciuszko National Park to about 3000. (Perry Duffin/AAP PHOTOS)

The contentious shooting of wild horses from helicopters has been paused after the culling of thousands of brumbies from an alpine national park.

While ground shooting is likely to continue, aerial shooting is no longer required in the Kosciuszko National Park after being used to cut feral horse numbers to about 3000.

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