Monday 16th July 2007
SPECIAL EDITION FOR OUR BRUMBIES -
Picture by Brumbyy (with2Y's) Copyright 2007
A year or so ago, Bill was trying to muster 14 ponies when a Water Board helicopter was flying low overhead checking the pipeline on Bill's property. The ponies stampeded from the muster, including the horse he was riding, which threw Bill from the saddle, causing him broken bones and bruising. That was the last he saw of his prize horses as they bolted into the National Park ripping down the fence in their frenzy, as they bolted.
Having been warned recently that National Parks were going to shoot the Brumbies from helicopters, he called the authority and said, "don't shoot my horses who are amongst the Brumbies - you do not go round shooting your neighbour's horses'.
They replied, "we are not your neighbour"
Bill said, "you are my giant neighbour to the south of me … you can not go around shooting your neighbou's horses"
Bill suggested that when they catch them, he wanted them kept in a yard so he could see every mob, and check if any are his horses.
The reply was "well how can you prove they are yours"? They went on that Bill needed photographic proof of his horses, etc, etc.
Finally Bill said, "Don't shoot my horses - or I will put the coppers on to you immediately"
On Friday, Bill was on his way to town with his wife and notice a bloke constructing a stockyard this corner of the Clement State Fores, approx 25km north of Townsville beside the Bruce Highway. The corner is comprised of a fence that runs 7 miles into the mountains of the park, the other follows the highway for around 9 miles.
Bill, turned to his wife and said, "I wonder what he's doing"?
When he got home, Bill contact the local Police sergeant and asked what was going on? He was promptly informed to stay away from the site, or he would be charged.
Bill informed him that years previously, his Mountain Pony horses were run off his property by a very low flying helicopter from the Water Board and he wants them back seeing they are culling the parks. of horses.
He was promptly informed that he had better forget those horses and leave it well alone.
A person relayed confirmation of the yard, as Bill stated to us, after a close inspection of the yard and found molasses blocks set as bait. A closer look revealed high tensile barbwire fenced yard of 4 strands, making the yard 7 ft high with 4 steel corner posts and strainers. It is the size of a large house
This high tensile BARBED wire will tear you to pieces if you get caught in it.
From the dead timber on the ground a trap yard could have been constructed, but with government funding always at the ready the flesh ripping wire enclosure was implemented.
Bill stated that Brumby horses are always alert and the slightest startling noise will cause them to bolt.
Keeping this in mind, plus the fact that a 10-15 horse gathering around molasses blocks, would, within an enclosure, see the male dominance of stallions butting each other with mares and foals running amok. Injuries from the high tensile barbwire would be inevitable as the panic sets in with the Brumbies
Further, there have been many crows and hawks flying around the area of the subject yard for some time now - this could indicate they might have started shooting the horses on the sly as these birds are attracted to blood.
A Townsville Daily Bulletin lady journalist, arrived on Saturday 14th July 2007 with a photographer. They could not get a picture of the bloke building the yard as, he hides in the bush down there.
Bill has contacted the RSPCA many times and gets pushed aside with the form letter answer "this is the most humane way of culling the Brumbies".
Well, if high tensile barb wire fencing is the makeup of the structured enclosure for yarding horses, and it know to cause the animals to panic, what outcome do these custodians of animal care think will eventuate.
This is only opening the can of worms in Queensland and our investigators have taken this recent information and are running with it.
Another cowardly story of the RSPCA akin to Friday's exposure in SOS-NEWS of the 71 year old lady farmer who was forced to standby as the RSPCA officers shot her nursing cows. then leaving the calves alive - all for allegions of starvation. Not only were the cattle far from starving, but as the shots rang out, a semi-trailer loaded of hay was arriving at her property yards.
The king pins in the Queensland RSPCA are:
Lyn Thomas is the president
Mark Townend is the CEO
Now is the time to let these people know you are upset...
Let your strong disapproval to such a cruel, clandestine and unprofessional proposal to remove brumbies from this area be known to the following:
Premier Beattie at premiers@ministerial.qld.gov.au
Minister for the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Contact details:
Lindy Nelson-Carr E-mail: EandM@ministerial.qld.gov.au
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Townsville Office at csc@epa.qld.gov.au
Minister for Department of Primary Industries at dpi@ministerial.qld.gov.au
Queensland Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at admin@rspcaqld.org.au
Townsville Police Service: Sergeant Janelle POOLE Townsville District DCPC
Phone 07 4725 5038
Also Cc. Terry Butts butts@beyond.net.au, ph. 47783858, 0417778238, and the
Editorial secretary edsec@nqn.newsltd.com.au at the Townsville Bulletin Newspaper.
If you ever though these masters of false science had pushed off to peddle their global warming, try well known radical ratbag, Fiona McCrossin, of the COLONG FOUNDATION, who has emerged from under her rock. Tried to contact her at the foundation office for a statement that resulted in just an answering machine - with no returned calls to date. This indicated she may be more yellow than green..
We remember the Guy Fawkes National Park, where helicopter gunship execution of our heritage Brumby that resulted in horrific injuries to the horses by Rangers in choppers. One of the prime architects of this disgusting slaughter was the Colong Foundations Fiona McCrossin along with Andrew Cox of the National Parks Association.
Read how McCrossin wants to gun our heritage horses down again.
ABC online Publication Saturday 14th July 2007
The National Parks and Wildlife Service has come under fire for its decision to cull brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park, by mustering and trapping, rather than shooting.
The National Parks Association of New South Wales says it is outraged by the decision, outlined in a two-year management plan, and says the horses are causing severe ecological damage to the park.
Meanwhile, Fiona McCrossin from the Colong Foundation for Wilderness, says trapping the wild horses is simply not good enough.
"It is not an effective method. Since the bushfires in summer, only 40 horses have been removed and we've got two to three thousand horses in Kosciuszko National Park."
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