DPI&F brumby cull extends to pleasure horses
14/11/07
A Darling Downs woman, who appealed to the DPI&F for a travel permit to move her horse 15 minutes down the road due to financial hardship, was knocked back and told the gelding may have to die for the greater good of the community.
The mother-of-two yesterday appealed to the DPI&F that if her horse could not be moved she could not afford to pay agistment and therefore the horse would have to be euthanased.
"The call centre told me that if one or two perfectly healthy horses had to die to protect thousands of others, then that was okay," said Tanya Targett, 32, of Pittsworth.
"I was told the DPI&F would not issue permits on financial grounds, even though financial grounds become welfare grounds due to the fact that if you can't pay your bill, horses don't get fed. All I wanted to do was move one vaccinated horse, 15 minutes down the road, within the same red zone, to a property with other vaccinated horses.
"But what's the death of one more perfectly healthy horse when the DPI&F already have 10,000 brumbies firmly in their scope?"
Ms Targett, a journalist, told the DPI&F that their sanctioned execution of the horse would be televised and that she would call a press conference to highlight the plight of the chestnut gelding, and thousands of others like him locked down around the State.
"Then late last night, the DPI&F said they would reluctantly issue a permit providing I took full responsibility in the event that the move should cause EI to spread further into the community," Ms Targett said. "I mean, EI escaped Federal Government quarantine, but I'm to sign a statutory declaration 'to take full responsibility for any consequences that may arise as a result of the movement' of my horse.
"Meanwhile, the racing facility where the horse is currently housed yesterday obtained a multi-movement horse permit, to move as many horses as they liked, without having to sign a statutory declaration or even having to name the horses to be moved.
"This is double standards and the buck stops with Ministers Mulherrin and McGauran. The DPI&F need to get off their backsides and bring equity to the industry. There should not be one rule for the racing sector and another rule for the rest."
Ms Targett said if EI did spread it would not be as a result of the thousands of pleasure and performance horses currently locked down around South-East Queensland.
"Race horses have already started moving and the DPI&F have told me personally that they can not guarantee that EI will not spread as a result," said Ms Targett, who is the media advisor to the Queensland Performance & Pleasure Horse industry group.
"Vaccination does not protect a horse against contracting EI, therefore, if one horse moves all horses should move; otherwise we should all be in lockdown."
Interviews: Tanya Targett 0410 494 849
A Darling Downs woman, who appealed to the DPI&F for a travel permit to move her horse 15 minutes down the road due to financial hardship, was knocked back and told the gelding may have to die for the greater good of the community.
The mother-of-two yesterday appealed to the DPI&F that if her horse could not be moved she could not afford to pay agistment and therefore the horse would have to be euthanased.
"The call centre told me that if one or two perfectly healthy horses had to die to protect thousands of others, then that was okay," said Tanya Targett, 32, of Pittsworth.
"I was told the DPI&F would not issue permits on financial grounds, even though financial grounds become welfare grounds due to the fact that if you can't pay your bill, horses don't get fed. All I wanted to do was move one vaccinated horse, 15 minutes down the road, within the same red zone, to a property with other vaccinated horses.
"But what's the death of one more perfectly healthy horse when the DPI&F already have 10,000 brumbies firmly in their scope?"
Ms Targett, a journalist, told the DPI&F that their sanctioned execution of the horse would be televised and that she would call a press conference to highlight the plight of the chestnut gelding, and thousands of others like him locked down around the State.
"Then late last night, the DPI&F said they would reluctantly issue a permit providing I took full responsibility in the event that the move should cause EI to spread further into the community," Ms Targett said. "I mean, EI escaped Federal Government quarantine, but I'm to sign a statutory declaration 'to take full responsibility for any consequences that may arise as a result of the movement' of my horse.
"Meanwhile, the racing facility where the horse is currently housed yesterday obtained a multi-movement horse permit, to move as many horses as they liked, without having to sign a statutory declaration or even having to name the horses to be moved.
"This is double standards and the buck stops with Ministers Mulherrin and McGauran. The DPI&F need to get off their backsides and bring equity to the industry. There should not be one rule for the racing sector and another rule for the rest."
Ms Targett said if EI did spread it would not be as a result of the thousands of pleasure and performance horses currently locked down around South-East Queensland.
"Race horses have already started moving and the DPI&F have told me personally that they can not guarantee that EI will not spread as a result," said Ms Targett, who is the media advisor to the Queensland Performance & Pleasure Horse industry group.
"Vaccination does not protect a horse against contracting EI, therefore, if one horse moves all horses should move; otherwise we should all be in lockdown."
Interviews: Tanya Targett 0410 494 849
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1 Comments:
Well isn't that great the DPI have gone back to there old ways and a member of the QPPHI cant even get any where with out making threats to use the media to her advantage if this how they are going to treat non race horse people what hope do the rest of us have in getting answers and results or even fair explanations. So much for the QPPHI having any influence
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