Vic Chief Vet Rejects "Special Deal" Claims

A claim that "special deals are being done with auction houses and racing administrators to allow feature events to go ahead as scheduled in February & March next year, after the equine influenza", have been rejected by Victoria's chief veterinary officer Hugh Millar. In The Australian newspaper, Millar declared that the "phasing in of of new protocols that will allow horse movement across borders" would take place "under guidelines that will apply nationally and not exclusively to Victoria". Millar stressed that: "There seems to be a feeling that special arrangements have been put in place (for Victoria) and that is not the case". (Nov 29)