Kosciuszko Wild Horse Heritage Bill 2018

05 June 2018

The Berejiklian-Barilaro Kosciuszko Wild Horse Bill, which places the wild horses above all other environmental and cultural values within the park, is a recipe for irreversible damage to soil, water, threatened species, and endangered ecological communities within Kosciuszko National Park. The bill undermines the Aboriginal cultural heritage of the Park and risks public safety. The bill ignores the careful recommendations of the 2016 draft Wild Horse Management Plan and does not provide a humane approach to the management of wild horse populations within the Park.