Fijn dat mensen ook verder lezen dan hun neus lang is.
Afschieten inverband met een uitgehongerde overpolulatie op humane wijze.. ok.
Maar er is/was geen sprake van overpopulatie noch van uitgehongerde paarden.
Ik ga maar " qouten" van die site want verder doorlezen schijnt te veel werk te zijn :
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The issue has attracted increasing public criticism in the light of reports that many of the horses had sustained large numbers of bullet wounds to the body, legs and even the rump when marksmen are meant to kill humanely with clean shots to the head.
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Section 16 Horses doing very well in much of Australia, including arid and semi-arid regions.
This is true. This is why the brumbies were not in the poor and desperate condition that is claimed later in the report.
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Section 35 Compounded by the fires
I have a photo taken just after the cull which shows green grass growing back. It didn’t just start in the weeks following when rain fell.
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Section 42 Significant animal welfare concerns in relation to the techniques that were used, despite the involvement of experienced local horsemen and experienced service staff.
This is true but at times the advice of experienced local horsemen wasn’t always taken. Brumbies were dragged behind vehicles on one ocassion against advice given not to do this.
Section 48 The horses were in very poor condition
This is an absolute lie. Also some grass was growing back at the time of the cull.
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Section 57 The use of the Incident Controller ( IC ) ensuring that there is effective command and control throughout the activity, and that he ensures that adequate resources are made available for the task at hand.
There definitely were not enough resources to ensure that there were no people/civillians in the park. Australia’s famous Bicentennial ( National )Trail runs through the park. This is one of the many tourism aspects of Australia. And to find two ladies, and on horseback too, in the culling zone is frightening. See also Section 60.
Section 59 After the event it would have been prudent to have informed the RSPCA and have them involved in discussions about the "acute" animal welfare etc.
The fact is that they didn’t plan on being caught. And to not inform the local landowners of such an operation is disgraceful. The local land owners go in there from time to time in search of their straying cattle. I have met a few in there at times. Anyway we know that they could not have informed the local landowners for this operation to go ahead, because if they did then their secret would have been out and no cull like this would have taken place. Section 60 I met this experienced local person mentioned here while I was in the park in December 2000. He was getting his cattle out of the park. He would know this country like the back of his hand. I never advised him of my reason for being in the park. ( I didn’t find out about his involvement in the October slaughter until a few weeks later ). I fished for any comments from him about the October cull. All I got was that he said that the park was miles overstocked with horses. His partner didn’t comment. I found out a few weeks later that his partner was against the cruelty of the slaughter. It really is amazing that our paths crossed. These two horse riders who were camping at Kittys Creek were ladies from New South Wales. This area is where Kittys creek meets the Guy Fawkes River. It is an area of real beauty. They were riding along our famous National Trail.
Bron:http://www.kbrhorse.net/news/brumby01.html
Zo, hier laat ik maar even bij, mensen die het daadwerkelijk de moeite vinden moeten alle 6 pagina`s aan rapporten en documentatie maar zelf gaan lezen.