EQUINE INFLUENZA

I WAS QUESTIONED TODAY AS TO WHETHER PEOPLE CAN RIDE AROUND WILLY NILLY WITH A TRAVELLING HORSE PERMIT? I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION A TRAVELLING HORSE PERMIT WAS TO MOVE A HORSE FOR A SPECIFIC REASON. I CONTACTED OUR LOCAL RURAL LANDS PROTECTION BOARD AFTER READING THE NSW DPI SITE AS INSTRUCTED. THEY BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN RIDE AROUND IN THE GREEN ZONE WITH A TRAVELLING HORSE PERMIT. NOT THINKING THIS COULD BE RIGHT I RANG THE NSW DPI TO CLARIFY. THE LADY EXPLAINED TO ME A TRAVELLING HORSE PERMIT IS TO MOVE A HORSE FOR A SPECIFIC REASON AND YOU CAN RIDE YOUR HORSE BETWEEN TO PARCELS OF LAND IF THEY ARE SEPERATED BY ROAD, RIVER, CREEK OR WATERWAY BEING THIS IS WHERE THE HORSE IS CURRENTLY AT. THIS IS HOW I READ THE DPI SITE AND MOST SENSIBLE RECREATIONAL HORSE PEOPLE DO. STILL PEOPLE IN OUR AREA ARE RIDING AROUND. THIS NEEDS TO ADDRESSED QUICKLY.

DID THE NSW DPI THINK ABOUT SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AND TRAVELLERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE VISITING FROM INFECTED AREAS INTO NON INFECTED AREAS????? WE HAVE SEEN HOW EASILY THIS CAN SPREAD!!!!!

THANX ANGE

COBARGO