The final run of our wild brumbies
THE clock is ticking for the thousands of wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park. Ground-shooting, aerial mustering and sterilisation are among the options being considered to reduce numbers.
1/32A sign alerting motorists that wild horses are in the Kosciuszko National Park area. Picture: Stephen Cooper
2/32Some wild brumbies in the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
3/32Wild brumbies roaming the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
4/32Wild brumbies roaming the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
5/32A wild brumby rests near a stream in the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
6/32A wild brumby rests near a stream in the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
7/32Wild brumbies roaming the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
8/32Wild brumbies roaming the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
9/32Wild brumbies roaming the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
10/32A wild brumby races through the Kosciuszko National Park Brumbies. Picture: Stephen Cooper
11/32Wild brumbies roaming the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
12/32Wild brumbies quenching their thirst in the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
13/32Wild brumbies are spotted from a helicopter above the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
14/32Wild brumbies galloping through water in the Kosciuszko National. Picture: Stephen Cooper
15/32Wild brumbies roaming the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
16/32Wild brumbies roaming the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
17/32Wild brumbies roaming the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
18/32Wild brumbies roaming the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
19/32Wild brumbies roaming the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
20/32Wild brumbies roaming the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
21/32Wild brumbies roaming the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
22/32Peter Cochran and Bec Atkinson from Cochran Horse Treks riding through the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
23/32Robert Gibbs from National Parks inspects the areas frequented by wild brumbies in the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
24/32Robert Gibbs from National Parks inspects the areas frequented by wild brumbies in the Kosciuszko National Park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
25/32Robert Gibbs and Tony Stubbs from National Parks talk to Sunday Telegraph reporter Linda Silmalis about the wild brumbies. Picture: Stephen Cooper
26/32Peter Cochran and Bec Atkinson from Cochran Horse Treks taking a ride through the national park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
27/32Peter Cochran and Bec Atkinson from Cochran Horse Treks taking a ride through the national park. Picture: Stephen Cooper
28/32Robert Gibbs and Tony Stubbs from National Parks scout out the areas where the brumbies roam through the national park, which is only accessible by helicopter. Picture: Stephen Cooper
29/32ST Special Snowy Mountains
30/32ST Special Snowy Mountains
31/32ST Special Snowy Mountains
32/32ST Special Snowy Mountains