You are a owner / rider / shop owner / farrier / etc and your life is very involved with horses / you depend on them for income etc. (Just say how you are involved with horses. This will give an indication of the range of people involved outside racing)
As a person that is not involved with racing you object to the preference being given to thoroughbred interests.
That you would like the Minister to continue to control and eradicate Equine Influenza in NSW.
This is a National program and the control depends on NSW successfully controlling the disease.
You support the idea of buffer zones and strategic vaccination to contain the disease.
You would like to see movements freed up inside the containment area as soon as possible so that things can return to normal and the costs of movement restrictions can be eased.
That if the disease is declared as endemic to Australia you, as a recreational owner, will be forced to vaccinate your horses and that because your horses are not as valuable as a racehorse the cost to you will be proportionally higher.
That if Governments decide to call off the disease control effort without the support of the majority of horse owners that the Australian Horse Industry Council would be justified in refusing to pay any costs of disease control as required under the Cost Sharing Agreement.
Stop pandering to the thoroughbred lobby.
Please send to:
Minister Ian Macdonald
email: macdonald.office@macdonald.minister.nsw.gov.au
Phone (02) 9228 3344 (02) 9230 3034 (02) 6365 3600
Fax (03) 9228 3452
If you would like to phone the Minister direct (please be pleasant) his mobile number is 0418 415122
Minister's Chief of Staff is Jamie Gibson 0408 961367