Aerial survey finds explosion in brumby numbers at Kosciuszko

John Ellicott
Updated December 20 2019 - 9:21am, first published December 16 2019 - 4:00pm
Deputy Premier John Barilaro with wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park at the announcement last year he would protect them. A new aerial survey has found brumby numbers have exploded doubling in just five years to almost 25,000.
Deputy Premier John Barilaro with wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park at the announcement last year he would protect them. A new aerial survey has found brumby numbers have exploded doubling in just five years to almost 25,000.

The NSW Government is facing environmental embarrassment after an aerial survey found brumby numbers in the Kosciuszko National Park have skyrocketed to almost 25,000.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

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