Rotting horse carcasses greet long weekend visitors to Kosciuszko National Park

The summer tourism season opened in Kosciuszko National Park this long weekend with the grim discovery of around 150 rotting horse carcasses in popular tourist spots.

Hikers encountered scores of carcasses scattered alongside walking tracks, while other campers simply left the park because the sight and smell of the dead animals was too traumatic.

The wild horses, or brumbies, have been shot in recent months in NSW National Parks and Wildlife (NPWS) culling operations that have resulted in an open graveyard of horse bones, skin, decaying flesh and entrails in Tantangara, Blue Waterholes and near Pockets Saddle campground, three extremely popular tourist spots on the High Plains area.

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Article written by: Edwina Mason