Equine flu fallout means horses may have to be put down

A West Wyalong horse breeder who is in the amber zone for equine influenza fears she may have to put down some of her animals.
Diane Glennan says she cannot afford to feed the 45 horses and may have to euthanase them because she has been unable to attend horse sales around the country.

Ms Glennan has joined others in the pleasure horse industry who say the government assistance seems to be geared towards the thoroughbred industry.

"Tuesday, I think it was, I spent pretty well all day on the phone to get some sort of assistance through all the agencies that are available, but it doesn't look like that we're going to get anything, they're mainly interested in the race horse side of it," she said.