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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose and Catie McLeod

Environmentalists welcome plan to allow aerial shooting of feral horses in Kosciuszko national park

horses Kosciuszko national park
NSW government says aerial shooting could be added to measures to control surging numbers of feral horses Kosciuszko national park. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

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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