Aerial vision reveals feral horse nightmare in burnt-out Kosciuszko National Park

Professor Jamie Pittock has just returned from the fire grounds in Kosciuszko National Park. He was shocked, and angry, to see so many feral horses trampling the habitat of threatened native species including the iconic corroboree frog.

[@louisemaguire944]

So exactly how are these horses wrecking the ground? This flog has been on about garbage for the last 30 years and nothing he says is true. Show me actual evidence of permanent damage that horses specifically have done. I challenge you.

[@inTheSnowgums]

Do you want me to explain? Well ok horses and pigs have feet which have hoves and usually most native animals dont have hoves they have soft feet which often dont damage the ground while horses and pigs compress the ground especially at Kosciuszko np there is a lot of lakes, rivers and creeks which often create damp spots which are incredibly fragile and compressing the ground kills the plants there along with rare types of mosses which if damaged dont grow back and i should also mention herb fields which like the same moist sites i mentioned previously they are very fragile and also generally horses and pigs dig up and level out natural growth which creates environmental destruction and before you say "we need animals to level out the low lying shrubs and plants" well thats not how that environment works in the alpine sub-alpine montane environments fires dont come very often so there generally isnt a huge need like further lower where the fire risk is greater Good look reading this in one go also do your research first