Brumby advocate challenges legality of wild horse removal in NSW alps
The shooting has stopped for now, but a brumby advocate is mounting a legal challenge to ban their removal from Kosciuszko National Park.
Carmen Jackson, a resident of NSW's south coast, has questioned the legality of removing wild horses from Kosciuszko National Park using passive trapping. The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service began aerial culling in November to target feral deer and pigs, but not wild horses. Ms Jackson is now mounting a legal challenge to ban the removal of wild horses from the park.
The court heard that passive trapping was initially used to rehome horses, not harm them. However, Ms Jackson argues that passive trapping is irreversible because it still leads to the removal of the animal. The court has yet to determine whether the individuals carrying out the trapping have the necessary statutory authority to do so.
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