Pony club accepts changed horse flu regulations

As horse owners across the New South Wales Hunter adjust to today's changes to the equine influenza purple zone, one local pony club is urging members to accept that it is the way of the future.
From today, horses can only be moved with a travelling permit and all horse events must be registered with the Department of Primary Industries.

Any horses competing in events must also be vaccinated or recovered from the flu.
Maitland Pony Club secretary Jodi Gelderman says the club believes it is better to accept the changes, rather than whinge about the flu situation.
"Every other industry involving animals, sheep and cattle, are already under some sort of chipping system or identification system," she said.
"If the club works together to make sure all the members are informed it's going to be a little bit easier, it's still going to be painful to go through these regulations and jump through the hoops, we have to, but I think we have to accept that that's the situation."