You sometimes forget how big the Northern Territory is until you find yourself engrossed in a story like this about feral horses.
It’s estimated the number of feral horses in the Territory is in the hundreds of thousands, and considering how much a horse eats, you can imagine the impact on the environment.
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One of the perks of working in a place like the Northern Territory is the opportunity to cover stories in some of the most beautiful parts of Australia.
In mid 1986 I traveled to Kakadu National Park to cover a weed control program. The weed was Mimosa pigra, a plant which was a threat to these world heritage wetlands.
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