Aerial culling will be used among other control methods in an effort to vastly reduce feral horse numbers in the alpine area.
Aerial culling of brumbies will resume in the Kosciuszko National Park as part of a NSW government plan to manage growing numbers
Today's decision by the NSW government means aerial culling will be added to the 2021 Kosciuszko National Park wild horse management plan, which requires numbers to be reduced to 3,000 by June 2027. Existing control methods include passive trapping, aerial and ground mustering, rehoming, shooting in trap yards, tranquillising, ground shooting and removal to a knackery.
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