Friday 15th November 2007
Mal Davies
Editor
Queensland Government DPI&F brumby cull extends to pleasure horses
A Darling Downs woman, who appealed to the DPI&F for a travel permit to move her horse 15 minutes down the road due to financial hardship, was knocked back and told the gelding may have to die for the greater good of the community.
The mother-of-two yesterday appealed to the DPI&F that if her horse could not be moved she could not afford to pay agistment and therefore the horse would have to be euthanased.
"The call centre told me that if one or two perfectly healthy horses had to die to protect thousands of others, then that was okay," said Tanya Targett, 32, of Pittsworth.
"I was told the DPI&F would not issue permits on financial grounds, even though financial grounds become welfare grounds due to the fact that if you can't pay your bill, horses don't get fed. All I wanted to do was move one vaccinated horse, 15 minutes down the road, within the same red zone, to a property with other vaccinated horses.
"But what's the death of one more perfectly healthy horse when the DPI&F already have 10,000 brumbies firmly in their scope?"
Ms Targett, a journalist, told the DPI&F that their sanctioned execution of the horse would be televised and that she would call a press conference to highlight the plight of the chestnut gelding, and thousands of others like him locked down around the State.
"Then late last night, the DPI&F said they would reluctantly issue a permit providing I took full responsibility in the event that the move should cause EI to spread further into the community," Ms Targett said. "I mean, EI escaped Federal Government quarantine, but I'm to sign a statutory declaration 'to take full responsibility for any consequences that may arise as a result of the movement' of my horse.
"Meanwhile, the racing facility where the horse is currently housed yesterday obtained a multi-movement horse permit, to move as many horses as they liked, without having to sign a statutory declaration or even having to name the horses to be moved.
"This is double standards and the buck stops with Ministers Mulherrin and McGauran. The DPI&F need to get off their backsides and bring equity to the industry. There should not be one rule for the racing sector and another rule for the rest."
Ms Targett said if EI did spread it would not be as a result of the thousands of pleasure and performance horses currently locked down around South-East Queensland.
"Race horses have already started moving and the DPI&F have told me personally that they can not guarantee that EI will not spread as a result," said Ms Targett, who is the media advisor to the Queensland Performance & Pleasure Horse industry group.
"Vaccination does not protect a horse against contracting EI, therefore, if one horse moves all horses should move; otherwise we should all be in lockdown." - Tanya Targett 0410 494 849
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A speech made in parliament today on behalf of Coastal Rights Association puts on public record the fact that the government mislead the people of New South Wales and also the Governor in it's zoning of Batemans Marine Park.
Misleading to Parliament can have you sacked, I wonder what misleading the Governor will bring.
The next two current Labor Party Minister for the environment "Fire Hose Phil" Koperberg and minister assisting the minister Verity Firth were not even elected during the creation of this mess so can't be held accountable for what others have done.
But judging by their actions so far, Minister for environment missing in action, Not One Word on the subject since taking office, and his assistant offering no assistance to the public on the matter. It would seem they are prepared to go along for the ride.
Be careful folks! I have a feeling it may be all down hill from here.
Don't worry Ministers. There may still be time to redeem yourselves, so incase you missed what the Member for Bega had to say in the house, copies of the speech and all relevant documents are on their way to you now, as well as copies to the Governor and major media outlets.
Now visit their sight, check out the video, audio and documents and the gallery of rogues who are involved _ www.coastalrights.org
As Editor I like to see our own stories flow from that which is out and about, but the following news has been sent to us from the CPPA and as such there is very little we can add here other than commend its reading to you all.
We have previously run stories on the corporatised colonisation of Australia and this news is just another leg in this walk down the path of a stolen Australia, but this time there will be no compensation forthcoming for the theft.
As we all head towards a decision to direct us to cast our vote on the 24th, the following information is necessary to consider that stroke of the pencil, for not only your future, but the future of coming generations is at stake.
The CPPA is neither right winged, nor a red-necked movement, but rather just extremely concerned patriotic Australians that have lived long enough, grown wise enough and have become concerned enough, to start fighting for everything that we as Australians, “Call Home.”
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