Editing Snowy Mountains (section)

===Fauna===

Many rare or threatened plant and animal species live within the Snowy Mountains.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3885636|title=Kosciuszko National Park : plan of management|publisher=National Library of Australia|isbn=9781741379365|access-date=2 January 2013}}</ref> The [[Kosciuszko National Park]] is home to one of Australia's most threatened species (the [[corroboree frog]]), the endangered [[mountain pygmy possum]] and the more common [[dusky antechinus]] are located in the high country of the park.

By 2008, [[Brumby|wild horse]] numbers in the National Park had reached 1,700 with that figure growing by up to 300 each year, resulting in park authorities coordinating their [[cull]]ing and relocation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/16/2139601.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117105959/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/16/2139601.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 January 2008 |title=Environmentalists call for aerial brumby cull |access-date=16 January 2008 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |date=16 January 2008 }}</ref>
[[File:Dead Horse Gap Panorama facing north-east, NSW.jpg|thumb|388x388px|Dead Horse Gap, overlooking the Thredbo Valley]]