Number of brumbies in alpine parks more than doubles in five years

Conservationists condemn New South Wales government as feral horse numbers increase by 16,000 since 2014

The feral horse population in Australia's alpine national parks has more than doubled in the past five years, with conservationists blaming what they have called a disgraceful lack of management by the New South Wales government.

The updated population figures come from an aerial survey of the alpine national parks and surrounding state forests in NSW and Victoria conducted in April and May of this year. It mimicked a survey of the same area in 2014.