Equine Influenza: Concerned Australia Quarantines Valuable Horses

The extended quarantining of a number of Australia's top stallions will have a serious effect on the horse breeding industry, McGauran said. Some of Australia's best known and most valuable stallions are amongst these horses. Oh Yeah??? Pur company has just been quarrantined at the EFI World Cup Eventing in Warwick as 4 horses there apparently showed elevated temperature signs etc. - Personally, I don't mind as I would hate to think that persons or horses leaving the facitlity were a potential threat to the horse industy in Australia - and I mean the horse industry - not the bloody thoroughbred industry that the Government makes multi millions of dollars per year from - if it weren't for the antiquated or anal rules governing the thoroughbred industry we wouldn't have this bloody mess in Australia - why is is so necessary to have these so called super stallions running on a shuttle service between all these foreign and often third world countries so that consordiums ( and government bodies) can reap millions in benefit from service fees, import duties, gst. etc. etc. when the horse can be collected and straws distributed? The thoroughbred industry has a lot to answer for in terms of whenever a catastrophe hoppens in any country that has often stringent laws concerning quarrantine etc, it can be DIRECTLY related to the thoroughbred industry? The only plausible explaination I can see directly associated is the almighty dollar. Please feel free to reply or respond to this as I have been associated in the horse industry for well over 50 years, and it is ALWAYS the dollar and government cop that is the direct cause of these failures - and I will and can argue the demerit of the thoroughbred industry all day long - These are my own personal thoughts on the matter but I am strongly supported by many many horse owners that have also voiced their opinion on the matter - Time to get off your butts and speak up for better control I think.