NSW Wildlife Service Suspends Wild Brumby Cull Ahead of Trial
Brumbies in a New South Wales national park will live to see another day after an emergency injunction was lodged with the environment court.
The New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has paused the culling of wild horses in Yuraygir National Park following a legal intervention. An advocate filed an emergency court application to stop the planned aerial culling, arguing that the park’s management plan does not permit this method and specifies trapping instead. The court is set to review the case, with the culling suspended until further notice.
- NPWS has suspended wild horse culling in Yuraygir National Park.
- A legal application was filed by advocate Carmen Jackson with the NSW Land and Environment Court.
- The application sought to prevent a four-day aerial culling event.
- The advocate’s argument is based on the belief that the management plan does not permit culling and lists trapping as the method.
- The case was heard as an emergency matter.
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