Advocates say state governments, especially NSW, are ‘trashing and trampling’ natural, Indigenous and historic values by failing to cull brumbies
“That failure is trashing and trampling the natural, Indigenous and historic values of the … Australian alps, a region of national significance which the commonwealth government has a responsibility to protect,” Jack Gough, an advocacy manager at the Invasive Species Council, told a Senate inquiry into the impacts and management of feral horses in the Australian alps.
Swain, an honorary associate professor at the Australian National University, said: “If you want to find a kurrajong tree, which is really important for our string making and our tucker and dreaming, you have to go around the toilet blocks because it’s about the only place where the feral horses don’t frequent.”
. The Invasive Species Council estimates around 6,000 horses per year would need to be culled to reach that target – compared to a current annual cull rate of around 1,050 horses. Modelling by the federal environment department estimates a lower figure of about 4,000 horses a year.
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