The federal opposition leader has branded contentious mass culls of feral horses inhumane and unnecessary, demanding responsibility for controlling the animals be handed to locals.
NSW has been undertaking a cull of brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park after a recorded rise in the invasive species' numbers.
Aerial shooting of the horses resumed earlier in June after being put on hold in March 2025 due to a successful reduction in herds.
But Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said the culls were the work of "bureaucrats in Sydney".
He called for local communities to be handed control of the animals' population, saying their management methods from the 1980s were more effective.
"It's a very personal issue for me," he told Sky News on Sunday.
