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- Officials in New South Wales say they've authorized the shooting of wild horses from helicopters.
- They've been given a task of eliminating some 14,000 wild horses at a national park in four years.
- Officials now say they'll never meet their goal if they don't introduce aerial shootings.
The New South Wales government has authorized an "aerial shooting" program to cull a population of wild horses at one of its largest national parks.
The culling method has been adopted as part of a state mandate to reduce an estimated 17,000 wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park to just 3,000 by 2027, officials said on Tuesday.