Texans to face $1,000 per Day Fines for Possession of Baby Chick

http://nonais.org/index.php/2006/01/30/texans-to-face-1000-fines-for-possession-of-baby-chick/ ^

[vrwc0915]

Texans to face $1,000 per Day Fines for Possession of Baby Chick Alert - State — walterj 1:52 am With House Bill 1361 Texas legislators are determined to keep track of every single little baby chick in Texas. Each cutie must be tagged with a 15 digit number to identify it. All locations containing livestock animals must register as farms. $10 annual premise ID and premise registration fee will be required for all homes where any animal ever exists, even if just visiting. Anyone found not reporting a baby chick hatching, movement or death will face a fine of $1,000 per day for non-compliance. Similar fines for all other forms of livestock were also enacted.

With all this paperwork, fees and fines forget about 4-H. Forget about Future Farmers of America. Forget about that baby chick hatching school project. Homesteaders, you better eat your chickens now and don’t bother counting them. No more eggs. No more summer pigs. Slaughter that fatted calf. From now on plan on purchasing your food only at government approved distribution centers with sufficiently powerful lobbyists and friends in high places. Sorry small farmers - no more farmer’s market or farm stands in the future. The paperwork will destroy small farmers. So dies the Buy Local movement.

This monstrosity was originally brought to you by your friends at the USDA under the guise of NAIS - the National Animal Identification System. The Texas Animal Health Commission, which developed the rules in Texas, can be reached with comments on this absurdity by email until 5pm February 6th, 2006. The question is, are they really listening. Be sure that after that short “public comment” period they’re going to cover their collective eyes and ears as the food supply consolidates into the hands of the big producers. Do you think that will make the national food supply safer?

Perhaps our pseudo-elected Govi-Corp doesn’t have enough to do, so they sit around thinking up things like this. Remember: Idle hands do the devil’s work…

http://www.theeagle.com/stories/012906/business_20060129065.php

[Calpernia]

Thanks, I will email that link to Walter too (The NoNais.org site).

[Fury]

You won't be able to buy feed for your animals without giving up your premise id number. Citation please?

[Panzerlied]

"Wasn't possession of adult chicks covered by the Mann Act?"

ROFLMAO

NOW you've crossed the line!

[Dr. Eckleburg]

bump

[TruthBeforeAll]

A couple of thoughts. How many WACO type standoffs will this lead to. And, how long before it is illegal to grow your own vegetables?

[TalonDJ]

((Pet chickens ping)))

[vrwc0915]

Soon

They are working on doing this for plants as well

[Calpernia]

I'm not sure if I can link that information yet. That is from the 2005 Agricultural Identification Survey Form conversation with the NAIS representative. I will link if I find an online source.

[PETEPARSLEY]

What is NAIS?

Let's add a Z in the middle

.........NAZIS

[No Truce With Kings]

"NOW you've crossed the line!"

Yup. Arrested for carrying underage gulls across straight lines for immortal porpoises

[zeeba neighba]

Not long, they are patenting plants and animals like crazy. First it's a chipped dog, then chips for "the children", then chipped chickens, chipped gov workers. A chip in your vehicle, a chip in your US soldier. Who do you suppose is next?

[Calpernia]

There is already RFID tagging being rolled out for plants.

http://www.cfr.washington.edu/research.pfc/presentations/rfid_seedlings/pages/slideA_gif.htm

More at link

[Bassfire]

I'd like to hot brand the idiot that came up with this idea!!! They have us by the short-horns, if I don't register and pay the fee (20. per year) to raise livestock on my farm, the first time I go to the auction barn I'll get nabbed by the Cow Police!

[Calpernia]

Monsanto is the biggest one for gene patenting

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1573646/posts
How do you say No NAIS in Japanese?

[wolfcreek]

All locations containing livestock animals must register as farms. $10 annual premise ID and premise registration fee will be required for all homes where any animal ever exists, even if just visiting.

How the hell am I suppose to know if a chicken ever visited my home? The house is 30 yrs. old and We've only been here 7.

[wolfcreek]

That's true and they often have livestock.

[Calpernia]

There is a PAWs version of this for pet owners too.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

They're everywhere.

[mugs99]

See if they can enforce it.

It'll be just like the drug war. More Americans will become criminals. But, it's for our own good!
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[zeeba neighba]

There's a company called "ChickenSnoop". They can send in a team, test for nitrogen, and for only a small fee, 5,000 dollars or so, alert you to and chicken sh** that may have occurred on the premises. Check with your local good old boy down at Ace Hardware or State Capitol for more details.