Activist seeks 'urgent' injunction to stop aerial brumby cull
An activist makes a last-minute bid in the Land and Environment Court to halt aerial culling of brumbies in a national park on the NSW north coast.
On the early hours of the morning, activist Carmen Jackson filed an application in the NSW Land and Environment Court to halt an aerial cull of brumbies in Yuraygir National Park, located north of Coffs Harbour. The operation, orchestrated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, was scheduled to commence today and span a week.
The cull targeted pigs, deer, and brumbies in the park. However, Justice Rachel Pepper adjourned the case until 9am the following day, urging the submission of submissions at a more reasonable time rather than midnight or 1am.
Justice Pepper expressed her concern about the late notice given and the lack of a statutory instrument authorizing the cull. Carmen Jackson, the plaintiff, expressed her worry that the culling would cause irreparable harm to the brumby population in the park. She had submitted her injunction application to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) at 7:15am that morning.
The court received a last-minute emergency legal application from Ms. Jackson to stop the aerial culling of brumbies at the national park. The DCCEEW solicitor informed the court that the aerial culling operation would commence tomorrow at 2pm, allowing the motion to be heard the following morning. Justice Pepper advised Ms. Jackson to file the necessary documentation as soon as possible.
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