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Aerial culling suspended after urgent injunction in Yuraygir

8/25/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Australia’s National Parks and Wildlife Service suspended aerial culling of feral horses, pigs, foxes and deer in Yuraygir.
Carmen Jackson filed an urgent injunction at 1 a.m. Monday in the NSW Land and Environment Court.
Justice Rachel Pepper adjourned the case and scheduled final hearings for September 9.
Nicholas Sandstrom said the department will suspend all aerial, ground shooting and trapping until September 9.

History

Historical Context

After a 2000 shoot-down of about 600 brumbies in Guy Fawkes River sparked a state steering committee, the NSW government in 2005 halted an aerial deer cull in Kosciuszko after massive public protest. Today, lawyer Carmen Jackson’s midnight injunction and Justice Rachel Pepper’s adjournment force Nicholas Sandstrom to pause all lethal control in Yuraygir, tightening judicial oversight of wildlife management.

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Story summary

Australia’s National Parks and Wildlife Service suspended aerial culling of feral horses, pigs, foxes and deer in Yuraygir.
Carmen Jackson filed an urgent injunction at 1 a.m. Monday in the NSW Land and Environment Court.
Justice Rachel Pepper adjourned the case and scheduled final hearings for September 9.
Nicholas Sandstrom said the department will suspend all aerial, ground shooting and trapping until September 9.

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