After capitulating to John Barilaro’s demand for a feral horse recount, NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean may as well just make a number up. Because the figure he offers literally won’t make a difference.
This’s the problem with offering a compromise to someone who has already made up their mind. They’re not genuinely open to persuasion. They just want to buy time to continue thwarting you.
The last official count in Kosciuszko National Park in 2019 estimated there were 19,000 feral horses, up from 6000 in 2014. Across Australia’s alps there are thought to be some 25,000, up from 9000 five years earlier.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6903094/mighty-brumby-not-much-more-than-a-feral-inbred-pony/?cs=14246