Horse Sale In Rockhampton!!!!

Just read the comment a few days ago about the sale going ahead in Rockhampton. That is really great BUT we have horses nominated for this sale. Fees paid. Horses yarded getting fed and prepared to go. $$$$$ BUT we do not know and no one can tell us if we are able to take them. It appears we are expected to keep preparing them, hand feeding them and making plans to take them the 600 km to this sale BECAUSE we cannot get any answer from the DPI. We are in a very isolated area at the far northern extreme of the RED zone, our horses have been nowhere and have no contact and we consider they are absolutely no threat of catching or spreading EI. On the day of the shut down we decided that we would not allow anyone near our horses, in effect, started our own quarantine. We have spoken to DPI asking if our actions can be taken into account and consideration with regard to our moving them on 7 Nov for this sale.... DPI can tell us nothing!!!

Also we have made application for a permit to move a horse across a no thru road out here near "the back of nowhere" for mustering between to properties. That is an even bigger laugh because after chasing them and complaining we got a call from DPI to say YES we had our permit. They where to email it to us. Well we checked email from Sunday thru to Wed morning and no permit. So we just did the job we had to do, got too busy to check email until today. And unbelievabley there today is an email from DPI saying that they could not open our application for a permit.

IT IS A BLOODY JOKE..... NO IT IS BEYOND THAT...WHAT IF THIS WAS FOOT AND MOUTH.... OR BIRD FLU......AUSTRALIA IS HISTORY

PULL THE PLUG AND LET US SINK

Christine