In recent months New Zealand farmers chose to illegally import and deliberately spread RCD (Viral Hemorrhagic Disease of Rabbits) across both islands of New Zealand. New Zealand farmers escaped unprosecuted for their deliberate flouting of New Zealand's decision not to introduce RCD into New Zealand as a biological control agent of the wild European rabbit in New Zealand. The New Zealand government has thus shown itself to be incapable of coping with a minority group who chose to take the law into their own hands by importing and deliberately spreading RCD. Further more New Zealand is in breach of the OIE principles of stopping the spread of infectious diseases around the world. Your government should immediately stop the spread of RCD in New Zealand and should not legalise RCD as a biocontrol agent of rabbits because there is no guarantee that RCD will not infect some other species other than rabbits and because NZ is in contravention of OIE regulations. Free vaccines should be given to all owners of pet rabbits, fancy rabbits and meat rabbits in New Zealand.

However, based on the bizarre events occurring in New Zealand at the present time, I believe that my logical and responsible request (above) will fall on deaf ears. The main reason that I am writing to you besides reiterating your governments lack of ability to control New Zealand's lawless and reckless farmers, is to plead that over the counter sales of RCD VACCINE be allowed immediately to owners of pet rabbits, show rabbits and meat rabbit producers in New Zealand. Of course free RCD vaccine for all would be justified in the circumstances which afflict New Zealand, but I doubt that your government will be as helpful to law abiding rabbit owners (in providing free vaccine) as it has been to your lawless farmers (in condoning their dangerous and illegal actions).

Recently, a New Zealand company apparently acquired a licence which will enable this company to sell deadly live bottled RCD virus over the counter . Meanwhile, rabbit owners in New Zealand are obliged to pay vets to inoculate their rabbits with RCD vaccine which is an unexpected financial burden to many rabbit owners. Your Government has a moral and ethical duty to allow sales of RCD vaccine over the counter to pet rabbit owners so that they can have their rabbits vaccinated at minimal cost. You have allowed the farmers of New Zealand great concessions in their quest to spread disease and yet you have allowed no concessions to law abiding rabbit owners of NZ who were owed a duty of protection from the RCD virus by the New Zealand Government (RCD having been absent from the shores of New Zealand until the actions of the NZ farmers in introducing this disease to New Zealand).