EI
Reply for Kerrie
So Kerrie I take it from your blogg that you are entirely happy with the way the EI crisishas been handled by all concerned ?
Criticism has and always will be part of life and I’m sure when all this eventually is overthere will be assessments made of how this outbreak was handled. In those assessments there will no doubt be some criticisms leveled at aspects of how and when things were done or not done. The day that Australia bans criticism would be a sorry day for all of us. It is a valuabletool used daily in all forms of media. (including bloggs) The challenge is to not take itpersonally and to make constructive use of the points it raises. Sure some can be a bit over the top but as you said "Unfair? Hell yeah, but it’s the way it is all the same."
I feel sorry for you in that EI has affected your horse interests just as it has our own &I wish you well with your horse racing venture.
However I also have the opinion that the racing industry has been the recipient of favorable treatment at the expense of increasing the risk of EI reaching our horses. This is compounded by things like "$100 Hack Could Determine VICTORIA'S $1 Billion Spring Racing Carnival"appearing in newspapers. Chaps payments of up to $55 per thoroughbred race horses V's $20 for other breeds. Free vaccinations for race horses V's others to apply & pay costs of administration IF considered "high value" etc & granted vaccine. Just to mention a few !
Now this doesn't mean I have any malice toward you or any other race horse trainer.
I have criticized the racing industry, the relevant authorities & the press for the manner in which they have treated other horse industries. That criticism from a large number of people has had some effect and we are starting to see recognition for the part those other horses play (over 80% of the horse population) in the economy and lives of many Australians.
As to your Question in relation to the critics having any idea of how to fix this problem.Well yes actually - That is what the AUSVET Plan for EI is all about ! Now if we follow that plan we might just be able to eradicate EI.
The question is weather powerful lobby groups from vested interests in the horse industry can continue to have those guidelines "bent" to suite their needs and continue to spread EI rather than take the short term pain for the long term gain !
One of the critics.
M.J.
So Kerrie I take it from your blogg that you are entirely happy with the way the EI crisishas been handled by all concerned ?
Criticism has and always will be part of life and I’m sure when all this eventually is overthere will be assessments made of how this outbreak was handled. In those assessments there will no doubt be some criticisms leveled at aspects of how and when things were done or not done. The day that Australia bans criticism would be a sorry day for all of us. It is a valuabletool used daily in all forms of media. (including bloggs) The challenge is to not take itpersonally and to make constructive use of the points it raises. Sure some can be a bit over the top but as you said "Unfair? Hell yeah, but it’s the way it is all the same."
I feel sorry for you in that EI has affected your horse interests just as it has our own &I wish you well with your horse racing venture.
However I also have the opinion that the racing industry has been the recipient of favorable treatment at the expense of increasing the risk of EI reaching our horses. This is compounded by things like "$100 Hack Could Determine VICTORIA'S $1 Billion Spring Racing Carnival"appearing in newspapers. Chaps payments of up to $55 per thoroughbred race horses V's $20 for other breeds. Free vaccinations for race horses V's others to apply & pay costs of administration IF considered "high value" etc & granted vaccine. Just to mention a few !
Now this doesn't mean I have any malice toward you or any other race horse trainer.
I have criticized the racing industry, the relevant authorities & the press for the manner in which they have treated other horse industries. That criticism from a large number of people has had some effect and we are starting to see recognition for the part those other horses play (over 80% of the horse population) in the economy and lives of many Australians.
As to your Question in relation to the critics having any idea of how to fix this problem.Well yes actually - That is what the AUSVET Plan for EI is all about ! Now if we follow that plan we might just be able to eradicate EI.
The question is weather powerful lobby groups from vested interests in the horse industry can continue to have those guidelines "bent" to suite their needs and continue to spread EI rather than take the short term pain for the long term gain !
One of the critics.
M.J.
posted by Horse Deals at
4:01 pm
2 Comments:
Let's Ask Another Question...
I am currently on the outside of this outbreak, looking in with curiousity and disbelief. I have horses in both Victoria and Tasmania, and so far I am fairly (it is only a matter of time) uneffected by it.
I was asked a simple quetion the other day, by my husband (specialist doctor). He posed the question that if this was a HUMAN disease, would it have been treated this way? If the government/AQIS/DPI etc can not contain/eradicate/vaccinate for something relatively simple (as it is for equids etc and we are not talking of millions of them- unlike people!) how can they be prepared for something such as SARS/Birdflu/TB etc which threaten the country every day?
Can you imagine the OUTCRY if a vacine was imported, but only a certain section of the community was allowed to have it? How would they choose? Certain age? Sex? Colour? Creed? EARNINGS?
Makes you wonder -
Doesn't it?
Constructive critisizm yes, but not the utter crap that 9 out of 10 people are writing. I in no way suggested that I was worse off, I was just making the point that like all others, I was at a standstill and I was a racing trainer! For what its worth, I agree with most, we have been given benefits, however we do pay an aweful lot (again, not suggesting that other organisation members don't) but we pay if horses nominate but don't accept, are penalised if we do accept but scratch, if we don't have a jockey nominated in time we are penalised, we are answerable to the stewards and can be suspended for various resons and the list goes on and on as does the expense. Our stables/properties are even inspected to make sure everything is secure and no possability of "tampering" can be made and if it's not up to scratch, we must make it that way. I accept that, and I am not complaining, however if a vaccine is coming my way, I feel I have paid enough into QLD RAcing to accept it. Take all of this how you choose, at the end of the day I agree all horses should be vaccinated and certain financial help should be given to those making a living through horses outside the racing industry, and as nice a thought as equality is, it doesn't happen often in life.
Kerrie
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