Is It Stupidity or Just That You Don't Care?

Surely at this point and time no one can possibly use the excuse of ignorance of bio-security measure can they? There has just been another outbreak of E.I. out in the Southwest part of NSW close to the town of Barmedan. Apparently this is the result of an individual who has been working at a thoroughbred stud in the Hunter Valley who decided to go home for the school holidays and consequently infected their own horses when they got to Barmedan. How hard can it be to make sure you are ‘clean’ in this type of situation or why even think of going to a green area when you know you are coming from an area that has infected properties all around you? It defies common sense and now many people and horses will be affected by the area going from a green to red and amber zones, what a pain!

We have been dealing with being in a red zone from the very beginning (through no fault of the individuals who brought their horses home from Centennial Park—they were not aware of E.I. at that time…) and have managed to help keep the disease from spreading mainly through using good biosecurity measures (and a bit of luck so far!). Sure it takes a bit more time before you can leave your property or come back onto it when you have been out but it is worth doing in the long run! Maybe it is time to start holding these individuals who are currently the cause of a number of areas becoming infected be held more accountable?

Not Happy Jan in NSW