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Equine safety advocate hopes pandemic could provide answers to keeping track of horses

There has been a renewed push for a national horse register to be set up...

Adele Severs

Published 12 Jun 2021

 

By ABC/Erin Somerville

An advocate for better equine tracing systems in Australia says the COVID-19 pandemic highlights how vital it is to quickly establish a national horse register.

Newcastle resident Juliana Waugh has been lobbying for a national horse register since her daughter was killed after falling from an ex-racehorse at a Dubbo TAFE in 2009.

She said it was taking too long for the register to be established.

In Australia, all states and territories require properties where horses are kept to have a Property Identification Code, but these codes do not translate into a system that identifies individual horses.

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