Shooting ferals from on high

Aboriginal communities will soon be trained to shoot feral animals from helicopters.

It's estimated that there are more than 100,000 feral donkeys and horses in the Katherine region, south of Darwin.
The Northern Territory Government has partnered with several Indigenous and environmental organisations, to provide funding to train a team of Aboriginal aerial shooters.
Senior scientist Dr Anne Walters says the program isn't just about eradicating the animals.
"You know, there's a social element as well as an environmental benefit, so we're trying to cover as much within one project as we possibly can", she says.