When NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro reversed a planned cull of wild alpine horses in May, he was careful to evoke some of our most cherished Australian imagery.
“Wild brumbies have been roaming the Australian alps for almost 200 years and are part of the cultural fabric and folklore of the country,” he said.
He forgot to mention, though, that the natural environment is as much a part of that folklore - mountains, gum trees, rushing rivers - as the wild horses that are, when all is said and done, an introduced species.
Read the Editorial from The Canberra Times - “Folklore should not play a part in environmental destruction.”
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