Horses at Yaralla Estate in Sydney's inner west have been evicted by NSW Health despite pleas from angry residents and the opposition to keep the animals at the historic site.
The privately-owned horses were shifted from the fields in Concord on Saturday morning, after owners failed to persuade the state government to stop the move.
Yaralla, also known as the Dame Eadith Walker and Thomas Walker Estates, is managed by the Sydney Local Health District.
It's putting the land out to tender after public pressure forced it to dump a secret deal to move NSW Police horses to the estate.
Local horse owners have raised concerns over the welfare of the horses during the transit from the paddocks, Labor MP Luke Foley said in a statement on Saturday.
He said one of the horses, 24-year-old Seamus, has been unable to secure an agistment facility where necessary care is able to be administered.
"(It's) a prime example of the disgraceful treatment the horses and their owners have received during this whole scandal," he said.
"Health Minister (Jillian Skinner) is fully responsible for the welfare of these horses during the eviction and must be held to account for any damage done as a result of their expulsion from their paddock".
Mr Foley said that Yaralla, bequeathed to the state of NSW in 1938, was set aside for public space and the agistment of horses.
He said he would force a parliamentary inquiry into the eviction once parliament resumes in a fortnight.
The government was this week ordered to produce all relevant reports, briefings, emails and correspondence between the health district and police on Yaralla.
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