Two more men have been charged over alleged animal cruelty offences near Bourke last year.
On Monday 8 September 2025, officers from the Central North Police District and the Rural Crime Prevention Team (RCPT) established Strike Force Salwood and began investigating an alleged illegal hunting incident on a rural property along Lower Lila Road, Lower Lila, approximately 80km north of Bourke.
It will be alleged that between Sunday 7 September 2025, and Monday 8 September 2025, two sheep and 16 goats were shot across several properties in the area…