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NEWS IN TODAY
20/07/2010
http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/a-long-face-for-brumby-debate/1886089.aspx
PEOPLE protesting against the slaughter of more than 50 Snowy Mountains brumbies sold through Camden saleyards sabotaged an abattoir near Newcastle. Toronto police acting duty officer, Sgt Don Roberts, said power was cut and slaughter
machinery damaged at the Edgeworth knackery, between 2pm on July 8 and 6am on July 9. As the public outcry over the sale of
the brumbies for dog meat continues to mount, Save the Brumbies Inc. has called on residents to “register their disgust”
over the wild horses’ fate with the State Government. Macarthurchronicle.com.au has received comments from as far as
the US objecting to the slaughter. Wilton animal rights activist Kim Hollingsworth (pictured) said she was emailed photographs
of the abattoir vandalism, along with a description of what occurred, and had been in contact with the police. The saboteurs
applied worm drench to the brumbies and contaminated their water supply with equine analgesic phenylbutazone, or “bute”
in a bid prevent their slaughter. The animal extremists painted red warning signs: “These horse have been contaminated
... a 28-day withholding period before slaughter is required ... if slaughtered we will publicise that your slaughter house
... is selling contaminated horse meat”. A spokeswoman confirmed the NSW Food Authority had commenced “immediate
investigations”. Ms Hollingsworth said her contact(s) claimed they did not damage the machinery, saying there was a
second break-in that night. “I’m an extremist too, but I would never do anything like this; I don’t agree
with it. Dogs could be harmed,” she said. Four of the 54-odd brumbies auctioned at Camden on July 7 were rescued by
horse enthusiasts. The rest went to the abattoir which is owned by Les Evans, who declined to comment. The Hunter Valley Brumby
Association saved two brumbies after negotiating to buy them from the abattoir for $400 each. The association’s president,
Kath Massey, said a much-admired black stallion was bought from the abattoir.
14/07/2010
Hoofs2010 Inc are proud to be associated with our Queensland group and wish
them well on their first Protest rally at Beaudesert on Saturday the 17th July well done Amanda
media clipping below
12/07/2010
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The beautifull Kim Hollingsworth Australian Actress of Underbelly fame has
taken on a huge task of naming and shaming all organisations that voted for the aerial cull of the magnificent wild horses
of the Kimberleys.. Libby Lovegrove has worked tirelessly for so long facing the opposition who want the horses gone
Kim is going to be the new Generation of actifists that believe in our horses
and the morals we have lost in this country..
We will all be behind you kim let us know what we can do!!
URGENT ALERT
11/07/2010
THE HORSES OF THE KIMBERLEYS ARE DUE TO BE AERIAL CULLED AS
THEY WERE SOLD OUT BY AUSTRALIAN ORGANISATIONS PLEASE CONTACT MEDIA ACROSS THE WORLD . WE NEED TO STOP THIS HAPPENING IN OUR
COUNTRY
THIS CLIP SHOWS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
10/07/2010
Wonderful news in this evening. the lighthorse brigade re enactment group
will be in the front of our Parade on the 1st August What a wonderful acknowledgement of the forefathers and soldiers respect
for our Heritage Brumbies.The NSW Mounted Police Force have also accepted the invitation to be a part off the recognition
Parade of our Brumbies also.. this makes us very happy and the past 6 weeks iof constant work for the event much more positve
to raise some substantial rescue funds
regards lynne
08/07/2010
HVBA were dedicated enough to save three Brumbies from this unfortunate
transport and slaughter of 60 Australian Brumbies from south NSW
This event makes us all the more determined to raise a substantial reserve
fund for situations like this that seam to be coming often in our barbaric society. we hope the 1st of august will raise a
substantial amount of funds and awareness in our country. and help in the changing and planning for the future of our Brumbies
and our world
cheers
07/07/2010
Please explain how this has happened?.. all these horses are being secretly
moved to locations across Australia with out public knowledge. this needs to be addressed urgently!!
06/07/2010
Latest news is that
the horses at Lake Gregory will be shot from the air by snipers.Vis.
foals trampled, mares aborting, stallions fighting and all of them
racing for their lives and then lying dying in agony. The Western
Australian Government must be stopped. There are good sensible
...alternatives which we've offered. B...ut they only listen to the cattle
farmers who
want the land and the traditional owners have been told not to speak
about it or lose their Indigenous Protected Area. A modern day
holocaust......Libby
04/07/2010
Western Australia Government has given the all clear for horses
meat to be used for human consumption
tThis is insane there is no governing for the quality or ingestion of these
animals.. a real base for disaster where are our health experts!!
Todays Adventure
30/06/2010
Stephanie, Callie, Amy, Tigh and myself attended our protest at Parliament
House Sydney today. Only to find out parliamentt is not sittng at the moment but all was not lost we got an invitation to
address the parliamentry members to have our plan and views heard so 1 step in the right direction. We also avoided being
arrested at Circular Quay as the rangers request for us to leave was denied by myself and police were called lots of signatures
from tourist who were appalled at the Australian Government
NEWS FLASH just in!!!
29/06/2010
The ALT Board did meet on 24June 2010, but a decision has not been reached
as yet. I am waiting on
formal
advice from the PLB, but we have asked for an extension until 29 July...2010
to provide for a way forward and a management plan.
Once we
have a decision on the
removal of the horses I will advise you
Youngsters founder of Hoofs2010 Stephanie and Amy after set up
26/06/2010
Hi Everyone
Update on our weekend adventures 26/06/2010.. we booked stockland
greenhills for a fundraising Awareness Day Saturday 26th. we had a great display and a good response from the public. A lot
of Australians werent aware that this practice of Aerial Culling our Brumbies was still happening in Australia so it was great
to discuss the issues and answer questions from all sides of the fence we got over
300 signatures on our petition which puts us well over 2000
now. We also raised $400 with our raffle and donations from the public we will upload our raffle and pics of prizes shortly
. feel free to buy tickets we will post prizes to winners in Australia...or join our Association your membership fees got
to the Brumby Fest Awareness day 1stAugust 2010 Or just make a donation and join us to change the way we do things here in
Australia all proceeds will got to brumby sanctuarys and groups helping in the fight for our horses.. Hoofs2010 is a
registered not for profit organisation and all work done toward this cause is on a volunteer basis
cheersLynne
BEAUDESERT QLD PROTEST RIDE INFO
Hi everyone. I am organising a protest and awareness ride
thru Beaudesert on the 17th July, 2010. To meet at Bicentenial park and commence at around 10.30am. There will be a
sausage sizzle and an awareness stand so please any volunteers or riders who would like to speak on behalf of Our Heritage
...Brumbies, please come along......Hold a sign by the side of the road is just as good as riding......HELP SAVE OUR OLD FRIENDS
2010 is alive and well.....put it in your diary, as every HOOF HELPS!!!!!!!Donations can be made on the day at the Awareness
tent, or just sign our petition to STOP THE AERIAL CULLING OF OUR HERITAGE HORSES IN AUSTRALIA. Please call for any info.
0439873587. Cheers Amanda.
JUST IN NEWS FLASH
The intergovernmental meeting held on Monday has resulted in a stop to the
Department of Indigenous Affairs trucking thousands of horses to the slaughterhouse in SA, but now they're going to shoot
them all from helicopters and leave them dying all over the lakeside. The Hon.Kim Hames has the final say. Let him know what
a stupid and cruel decision this is. Libby at www.wildhorseskimberley.com/
THESE ARE PICS OF THE HORSES OF LAKE GREGORY
TAKE A STAND FOR OUR AUSTRALIAN BRUMBIES
Minister For the Environment Mr Peter Garrett is in JAPAN to stop the Whaling..
how can he be taken serious when he has no intention of stopping the cruel and wasteful practice of killing our Australian
Brumbies.. i am asking you please email Japan news link below and tell them what is happening in Australia maybe we can embarass
him to do something about our backyard
Japan Today Editorial Office
For all editorial inquiries, please use the contact details bellow:
3rd Floor, Minotomi Bldg, 3-1-1
Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan
Press Release Submission
Japan Today accepts press/news releases from companies, government and academic institutions
as well as non-governmental organizations and individuals.
Email received tonight
22/06/2010
Word just in from Libby Lovegrove Wild horses of the kimberelys
Is
all the horses will be shot and not transported.. we need
to really stand up and be counted these horse belong to the people of Australia.
They should not be destroyed for the sake of cattleman who
want to use the land at Lake Gregory for their own gain..
If the horses need to be removed because of environmental
issues then all of the 5000 head of cattle need to be removed also.
please really start hassling your media your government and
any one else you can think of. this is a crucial time we need action NOW!!
I will post more news as it comes to hand
cheers Lynne
Email received this morning wed
16/06/2010
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Email received this morning wed
16/06/2010
Dear all,
Over the past weeks hundreds of e-mails have been sent to alert the world
to the decision of the West Australian government to round up thousands of the wild horses from the remote Kimberleys region
of Lake Gregory, cram them into trucks and transport them over 3000 kilometers to be slaughtered, and the meat sent overseas
for human consumption. This was scheduled to begin last week, with no public consultation. We only received confirmation of
the slaughter and transport plans when Animals Australia intervened and contacted the relevant ministry.
Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who heard the cry for help and acted
on behalf of the wild horses of the Kimberley , in sending letters of protest, on-forwarding and cross-posting
An urgent campaign was mounted and in the ten days over 6000 letters of
protest have been sent to West Australia government. This has had an effect, with an emergency meeting of government departments
convened to discuss the planned slaughter. An Animals Welfare Advisory Committee has been set up to advise on this issue.
Animals Australia will be on this committee. It is meeting next Monday. However the final decision rest with the government
and will be made in just a couple of weeks.
Even if the arrangements for the slaughter are on hold for a short time,
there are very strong commercial interests at work for the horses to be killed.
Further information:
· The number of horses is
more likely to be 2000.
· Even if the transport
plan in shelved, we believe that an aerial kill or an on-site slaughter house may be recommended.
· It would appear that the
plan is to remove horses and increase cattle and to continue to run the area as a cattle station. This was confirmed in an
e-mail reply from Russell Shaw, Department of Agriculture, to a letter of protest. For the past 10 years Lake Gregory has
not succeeded as a cattle station and increases in cattle will further damage lake and country
Wild Horse Kimberley has an alternative proposal for humane population management.
It includes plans for
* The lake to be fenced with solar driven fencing using
this to provide water points to trap the horses for gelding and PZP contraception.
* The area can be developed as a Brumby sanctuary with
great tourist potential, brining income to the area and managing the horse population.
This will not only avoid mass slaughter, it will also provide a model
for a humane long-term population management plan
It is vital that we keep sending a strong message of protest and to voice
our support for an alternative plan.
As stated by Animals Australia
‘While the committee's role will be to make its recommendation on
animal welfare grounds, the final decision will remain with the WA Government. In this tenuous situation it is therefore critical
that the government continues to hear the voices of caring Australians who are appalled by the ill-conceived plan to cruelly
exterminate these peaceful animals. If you haven't already, please send this alert to everyone you know who cares about horses.’
Who to write to:
The Hon Terry Redman
WA Minister for Agriculture
E-mail: Minister.Redman@dpc.wa.gov.au
The Hon. Kim Hames
Minister for Indigenous Affairs
E-mail: Minister.Hames@dpc.wa.gov.au
The Hon. John Castrilli
Minister for Local Government
E-mail: Minister.Castrilli@dpc.wa.gov.au
Ideas for letter
· You are aware and deeply
concerned that the West Australian government plans to slaughter the wild horses from the Lake Gregory area of West Australia
.
· Note – the horses
are not ‘native’ Please DO NOT make a point that the horses were there before man etc –they were introduced
many decades ago – see http://www.wildhorseskimberley.com – they are however a part of Australia’s heritage.
· You understand there are
around two thousand horses in the region, shared with up to 5000 cattle.
· That, on welfare grounds,
you oppose any rounding up and transport of the horses for slaughter,
· The slaughter of horses
in 2008 near Broome resulted in slow agonising deaths of horses and foals. There was with eye-witness and photographic evidence
of some of the 600 horse deaths being prolonged and agonising. The aerial kill resulted in animals enormous suffering as horses
died from gunshot wounds to various parts of their body, foals died from running into fencing, and or dying of thirst
· Regarding long distance
transport - There is significant scientifically acknowledged evidence to show long distance transport of animals causes great
suffering and cruelty Failure to have Inspectors to control all aspects of the welfare of these horses during the proposed
operation raises serious issues including the ability of the authorities in WA to ensure full compliance to the Codes of transport
for horses in WA and the Animal Welfare Legislation.
· Environmental damage by
horses is not proven and the impact of horses is far less than that of cattle.
· You support a long term
humane management plan as being proposed by Wild Horses Kimberley, a local group, who has been working with these particular
horses on this land for the last five years, who with others, is willing to manage the population through gelding of stallions
and use of a contraceptive for the mares.
· There is an opportunity
to develop a Brumby sanctuary to support a viable local tourism industry.
· This humane proposal would
offer many positive welfare outcomes: the horse numbers which is likely to be far less than the unsubstantiated number of
5000, are controlled, which lessens perceived impact on the environment, distress, stress, terror, injury and deaths
that will inevitably occur with such wholesale round up and transportation of these horses is avoided, and
with the most positive implication - a viable and sound management system is established to prevent the future suffering and
cruelty from occurring with horses at other
I also ask that you circulate, cross post, put on your own website, networks
and get the word out as much as you can.
Note: My ‘work e-mail address may appear - When on forwarding please
delete my ‘work’ e-mail address if it appears
Many thanks for your support – the horses of the Kimberleys need all
the help we can give.
Linda Mira-Bateman
lindamirabateman@bigpond.com
Links:
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