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Environment
Jack Gramenz

Resume culling now: NSW Farmers, Greens

Pests such as feral pigs pose a biosecurity risk as they carry disease that can affect livestock. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

NSW Farmers and the Greens are calling for the resumption of aerial culling of invasive species in NSW, amid fears the pest population could boom, threatening biosecurity and diversity.

NSW Farmers chief executive Pete Arkle says good money has been spent controlling pests but the recent pause could undo that work.

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