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The Guy Fawkes River National Park:
Looking roughly north north west from Lucifer's Thumb lookout.
A section of the Guy Fawkes River was taken over by the New South Wales government
in 1972 and declared a national park.
At the time of the slaughter in Oct 2002, the park was approximately
68,000 hectares (168,000 acres) in size. The park has been steadily
growing in size. At one stage before this valley became national park,
it was recorded that cattle numbers reached as high as 5,000.
Brumbies have been known to be in this area for many many years.
<<
Australia's Disgrace - The horrific slaughter of Oct 2000
<<
Brumby deaths and cruelty to brumbies by NPWS staff prior
to the Oct 2000 slaughter
<< Australian Veterinary Association
accused NSW Government of
misrepresenting AVA policies in effort to moderate public reaction to
slaughter
<< Brief description of the three
English Reports
<<
The first English Report - the FULL version minus annexes B and C.
Plus a rebuttal of this Report.
<< The
secrecy of annexes B & C of the first English Report
<< Results
of the Heritage Working Party and other information
<<
The court case between
the RSPCA and the National Parks
and Wildlife Service
<< N.S.W.
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 No 200
Some sections of interest are highlighted in red.
<< The
GFRNP Horses Steering Committee
- General information
Members of the
Steering Committee
<< Briefing on the 1st meeting held at Dorrigo on 10th Oct. 2002
Agenda for 2nd
meeting to be held at Dorrigo on 20th Nov. 2002
<< Draft
minutes of the 2nd meeting held
at Dorrigo on 20th Nov.
2002 Supposed
"endorsed" minutes of the 2nd meeting held
at
Dorrigo on 20th Nov. 2002
<< Information
on the March 2003 meeting
<< Comments
on a letter from John O'Gorman,
Director North, NPWS
and a phone conversation between him and Lyall Sempf
<< Response
to an email from John O'Gorman,
Director North, NPWS,
10th Feb. 2003.
<< Draft
minutes of the 3nd meeting held
at Dorrigo on 5th March 2003
<< Information
on the June 2003 meeting
Some names
of those directly responsible for the cruel slaughter of brumbies in Oct 2000.
The then dishonourable Bob Debus, NSW Minister for Environment;
Mr. Brian Gilligan, the then Director General, National Parks and Wildlife
Service;
Mr Alan Jeffery, the then Regional Manager, North Coast NSW National
Parks & Wildlife Service;
Mr Bradley Nesbitt, the then Project Officer - Pest Species Management,
NSW National Parks &
Wildlife Service;
Ranger Sean Leathers,
of the Dorrigo Office, responsible for inhumane slaughtering of brumbies from
a helicopter.
The Guy Fawkes River National Park Horse Steering
Committee meetings were a facade for supposed public
consultation. The meetings had no legal guidelines/model
rules, as do other legally constituted organisations.
All meetings were run according to the rules of Alan
Jeffery, meeting chairman, NPWS.
The steering committee meetings were 'loaded' with members
who support NPWS agendas.
The then Environment Minister Debus, who instigated
these meeings rarely responded to questions of significant
importance.An interesting comment was made by Mr
Scott Cardmathas, policy advisor for Mr Bob Debus (Minister
for Environment) on 9th Oct 2002 when Lyall Sempf asked
him how NPWS "concluded" that there were no escaped
privately owned horses in the Park at the time of the
slaughter. Mr Cardmathas replied that NPWS assumed that
all brumbies in the park were wild and not owned by anyone.
