Another 740,000 Hectares In NSW EI-Free

NSW Minister For Primary Industries Ian Macdonald announced his state's equine influenza-free White Zone was extended yesterday by a further 740,000 hectares "significantly easing movement restrictions for thousands of horses". The change "affects most of the Illawarra, Southern Highlands, Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Putty & central tablelands districts" (previously in the Amber Zone). Macdonald noted: "This is another major step towards progressing NSW to total freedom from EI in March. It means more than 95% of NSW is now in the White Zone. The only requirement for moving horses within the White Zone is that a Travelling Horse Statement must be completed before the journey & carried during the journey. Providing no new infections are discovered, I'm confident all of NSW will very soon be confirmed EI-free, allowing horses to move anywhere in NSW if they have a THS."