ANIMAL CRUELTY IN QUEENSLAND

AND THE APPALLING LACK OF ACTION

20th October, 2007

Queensland Government again.

Their annual Wild Horse Cull. Done in such a wonderful way :(

Hi John, Kathryn passed on your email address to me.
Our web site is www.savethebrumbies.org
We are working very hard on this latest massacre in Qld.
I will keep you informed. Attached are photos:
photo one: horse shot in rump and gut, left to die
photo two: mare shot, foal left orphaned, note the sweat on the foal's coat, result of terror and stress.
Don't be shocked, we deal with this all the time.
We have made progress in NSW since the Guy Fawkes slaughter in 2000 but it's still dead horses, whichever way we go. Horses we can't take, we handle over 60 per year, are consigned directly to abattoirs, maybe one day, it will be a brighter world for our Heritage brumbies.
Any exposure you can give is greatly appreciated. Feel free to use the photos, we have copyright.
All the best, Jan Carter for STB Inc.

This is just a snap shot of what is happening around Australia because people cannot and will not look after their horses. There also appears to me more and more people with psycho problems that want to collect horses and this is how a lot of them treat them. The R.S.P.C.A. in this Country falls well short of protecting them and show more interest to Dogs and Cats than horses.

It is high time that horse ownership was licensed with potential owners having to do an 8 weeks T.A.F.E. Course, one night a week and learn about the things that matter in horse ownership. Then pass a test. Then they should be sent to a second course on Pasture management and Environmental Horse Keeping.

UPDATE

I am assured that things are going better up there and that the Aboriginal people are learning new ways.

 
AGONY: A brumby with an untreated shoulder wound


Shame of the horse torturers
NIKKI VOSS
20jul03
THE State Government has refused to intervene in what has been described as Queensland's worst case of mass animal cruelty.

Hundreds of wild horses on Palm Island, 65km off north Queensland, have endured torture, beatings and starvation but RSPCA inspectors say the Department of Primary Industries has "washed its hands" of the issue.

In response to horrific photographic and anecdotal evidence of gruesome stabbings, beatings and burning of horses by teenage gangs, Primary Industries Minister Henry Palaszczuk said the department would finance a "Help an Animal Smile" education program.

Inspectors are outraged. They are also frustrated they have been refused government help to remove the tortured animals and prosecute the offenders.

Senior inspectors with decades of experience were reduced to tears at the plight of some animals on the most recent trip to the island three weeks ago.

Veteran inspector Mal Holland said: "This is the worst case on a mass scale of cruelty and neglect we have ever seen in this state and our hands are tied. It is heart-breaking.

"The only way those horses can be saved is if you get them off the island."

Some extreme abuse and cruelty cases include:

• BRUMBIES having their legs bound tightly together with wire and beaten with blocks of wood;

• A MARE being slashed with a sickle before battery acid was poured over its wounds;

• A MARE in foal being stabbed in the stomach;

• A HORSE deliberately wedged between a pole and a house and left to die;

• FOALS ridden at a gallop in tropical heat until they collapsed and died;

• HORSES with their hooves worn down to the flesh being galloped on bitumen roads using wire bridles which shred their mouths;

• HIDEOUS fly-blown saddle sores the size of dinner plates, left untreated;

• HORSES flogged with barbed wire and impaled with objects.

Mr Holland said dealing with the situation was made more difficult because residents "protected" one another.

"When you find a horse in terrible condition, they refuse to say who owns it. It is almost impossible to prosecute unless you have someone on the island full-time."

Mr Holland's frustrated colleagues say they are also battling apathetic and scared bureaucrats who cite "cultural sensitivity".

The Australian Army has had a vet and veterinary nurse on the island for 11 days and a secret plan was hatched recently to rescue and evacuate 30 of the most appalling cases to the mainland by barge.

However, this was abandoned when the DPI refused to finance the rescue amid warnings the islanders would stop anyone "taking the animals from them".

Palm Islanders, renowned for their mustering skills, say the horses are an important part of their cultural heritage.

Late last week, a DPI spokesman said an animal welfare team from Brisbane would meet the island council tomorrow or Tuesday.

Palm Island Aboriginal Council chairman Alfred Lacey did not return calls from The Sunday Mail.

Should anyone from around the World wish to express their contempt about this matter, please contact the Govt Minister below.

You could also cancel your next trip to Queensland and go to another State. It does not deserve the patronage of horse lovers' 
 

Hon Henry Palaszczuk MP
Minister for Primary Industries and Rural Communities
Postal Address
GPO Box 46
Brisbane QLD 4001

Ministerial Office
tel(07)3239 3000
fax(07)3229 8541

dpi@ministerial.qld.gov.au

18th September.

Victorian man let's 17 year old VRC Blue Diamond winner ($1,000,000 race) die in the paddock through lack of feed, care and attention.

18th September

Kersbrook Western identity who gained his life's income on the back of the Quarter Horse via Saddlery sales, starves about 20 quarter horses. RSPCA and Council attempting to save their fate.

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