Letters to the Editor – January 19

January 19 2018 - 4:00pm
Letters to the Editor – January 19
Letters to the Editor – January 19

Protect coast

Allowing  commercial racehorse training on the 5km stretch of beach between the Killarney cutting and Levy’s Beach would be destructive to one of the few areas where nature can exist without constant disruption by humans. James Purcell cites that fact that it is little used by people as a reason to open it up for racehorses, a view possibly coloured by that fact that his son is a horse trainer. It is my view that the remoteness of this beach is the very reason to leave it alone. There are not many places where this much coastline is available to shorebirds. While measures are in place to protect birds at more populated beaches around Killarney, these are often thwarted by people ignoring the rules, particularly dog owners allowing their animals off-lead where they should be under control. This 5km of little used beach is a natural asset that should not be squandered to appease the horse racing fraternity. It seems to have been forgotten that Warrnambool has been a top horse training centre for many decades without access to all these beaches. Trainers now speak as though they can’t carry on without it, threatening to take their horses elsewhere. Where to? Where else are they going to find beach training?  It’s a bluff to bully their way onto the beaches. It should not happen, particularly on this rare stretch of largely unused shoreline.

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