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National Animal ID (NAIS) Handout
NoNAIS.org ^ | 03/08/2006 | Walter Jeffries

Posted on 03/08/2006 10:35:07 AM PST by pubwvj

What is NAIS? NAIS is the USDA's National Animal Identification System Draft Strategic Plan to let the government track the births, deaths, co-mingling and all movements of all livestock in the United States.

http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/about/pdf/NAIS_Draft_Strategic_Plan_42505.pdf

Which animals are covered? Currently horses, cattle, goats, poultry, sheep, swine, alpacas, llamas, bison, deer and elk. NAIS is not limited to these animals and may also be extended to include dogs, rabbits & other animals. See documents at: http://nonais.org/index.php/2006/02/18/

Who must participate? Anyone with one or more of the covered animals will be required to register their home or business for a 7-digit Premises Identification Number and pay an annual fee. If you have a single horse, goat, chicken, piglet or other species from the above list, then you must register your home for a Premise ID and tag each animal once NAIS becomes mandatory or you may face fines of up to $1,000 per day for noncompliance. USDA and states are applying NAIS right down to the backyard level - No exceptions.

How will the beasts be numbered? Each animal will be assigned a unique 15-digit Animal Identification Number. Different species will be tagged in different ways. For example: injected Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) micro-chips, RFID button tags, RFID SwifTacs tags and RFID ear tags at a cost of about $3 to $20 per animal. Large producers will be able to use one ID number for tens of thousands of animals and will not be required to tag each individual animal if they are treated as a group. Most small farmers, homesteaders & pet owners must tag each individual animal and report individual events.

What 'events' must we report? Change of ownership, even if animals remain at the same premise; co-mingling of animals owned by different entities; movement of animals off of a premise; movement of animals onto a premise are some of the events. This includes buying, selling, trips to the vet, 4-H meetings, trail rides, road trips, shows & crossing or walking on a public road.

How must we report? Events must be reported within 24 hours by telephone or by computer via the Internet. There is no mail or paper option.

Why are they doing this? NAIS began as way to open up foreign meat markets, like Japan, for the large beef exporters. Later the USDA changed the stated justification for NAIS to be one of preventing disease. BSE (Mad Cow Disease) is the primary excuse given by the USDA for NAIS. Other excuses are Avian Bird Flu (H5N1), Exotic New Castles Disease and Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD). Most recently they have been giving the justification that consumers want to know where their food is coming from to trace it back to the farm in case of potential liability issues for food born illness.

Will NAIS prevent disease? No. In fact the government states quite clearly in this document http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/bsefaq.html that NAIS is not necessary to prevent BSE. Bird flu is spread by wild birds and NAIS will have no effect - we're not going to track every single wild bird nor can the government realistically expect to kill them all. Vaccination and biodiversity are the solution. Exotic New Castles was caused by illegally imported illegal fighting cocks - NAIS will not stop it. Foot & Mouth is not an issue in this country, there is already a program to handle it and FMD is transmitted by dust in the air, so NAIS will not help. Virtually all food contamination happens after the farm, when the animals are killed at the processing plant or later. NAIS does nothing for that. The best protections would be for the USDA to do its job of properly inspecting processing plants rather than making up complex and costly new regulations that will be impossible to enforce. The USDA should enforce its ban on feeding cows to cows which is the cause of Mad Cow Disease and enforce a strict quarantine of imported animals - all under existing laws and regulations.

Can't I just hide my animals? Veterinarians, police, butchers, service providers (gas, electric, telephone, etc) and possibly your neighbors will be required by law to report unregistered animal sightings to the government. Failure to register your premise and animals or to report movements will result in non-compliance fines of up to $1,000 per incident per day. Under NAIS the government may enter your property without a warrant and confiscate, redistribute or kill your animals without any form of legal appeal by you.

What is the cost of NAIS? The federal government is already spending $50 million per year on NAIS, prior to implementation. States and animal owners are expected to foot the bill for the vast majority of the cost. These costs will be passed on to consumers. Studies show the real cost at over $15 billion per year - a new tax on food. http://nonais.org/index.php/2006/02/19/

Is NAIS legal? It should not be. NAIS is clearly unconstitutional by violating Amendments 1, 4, 5 and 14 of the United States Constitution. In 2001, after 9/11, Congress gave the government enormous new powers in the form of the Patriot Act which is up for renewal in 2006. Supporters of NAIS used this to draft a plan for invasive micro-management of all animals in the United States. The Patriot Act, PAWS, REAL ID and NAIS strip Americans of fundamental rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It gives the government the power to invade our homes and take our property without warrants or any legal appeal.

How will NAIS affect small farmers? Annual Premise ID registration fees, livestock registration fees and tag costs, tag applicator and other equipment costs, potential enormous fines for incorrect report in, failure to track, increased liability, potential loss of all livestock due to faulty trace backs, loss of biodiversity as heritage breeds become extinct. Small farmers, homesteaders and hobbyists are the keepers of heritage breeds and the genetic diversity that makes domestic livestock strong. In other countries that have implemented systems like NAIS most small farmers were forced out of business.

Horse owners? Must report all movement of horses including trail rides, shows, equiestrian events, riding on public roads and every entry and exit from a property, within 24 hours. Reports include the 15 digit animal ID of each horse plus the 7 digit premise ID of each property crossed on the ride.

Homesteaders? The same as small farmers but unable to pass the costs on to customers effectively taxing us on the food we raise for ourselves at a cost of about $500/year per family. You are no longer free - You are a serf of the state.

4-H, FFA & pet owners? Parents of children in 4-H, FFA and owners of pet livestock will be treated as farmers, required to register their home for a Premise ID with the associated annual fees, tag costs, filing fees, tracking of all animal events and fines. Failure by a child to comply will result in fines.

Consumers? Consumers will see a loss of choice, smaller selection and higher prices as farmers pass on the costs of NAIS and many farms go out of business. They already operate on thin margins and can not handle the added costs. This will concentrate control of our food supply into the hands of fewer and fewer larger corporations who'll raise prices as they gain monopoly power.

Vegetarians & Gardeners? Virtually all of the animal manures used to grow quality vegetables, especially organic ones, come from small farms. Suiteable manure is already in short supply. You do not want to grow organic or healthy vegetables in the contaminated septic output from factory farms with their antibiotic, chemical wormers and arsenic laced feeds. As small farms are lost, the price of manure will increase raising vegetable prices for everyone.

Big Agri-businesses? The big meat producers are the big winners. They expect a surge in profits from meat exports to foreign markets. Maybe they'll get it. Maybe not. Recently Japan reopened their market to American beef, after two years of banning it, only to quickly reclose it after spinal tissue was discovered in meat due to faulty processing at a slaughter house in the USA. This is not an issue with farms, it is a processor error and NAIS will not help with that at all.

Terrorists? Terrorists will be delighted to have larger targets. They want a high body count for their efforts. Hitting a small farm is not impressive and does not affect very many people. A factory farm with 100,000 animals is a hot target!

What is the solution? NAIS should be strictly voluntary. Big meat exporters can participate and they should pay the costs. The rest of us should not be burdened with a system designed to provide profits to a tiny minority of corporations. The best way for consumers to know where their food comes from is to buy it locally, from small farmers, keeping money in their local economy and supporting area farms. See: http://www.slowfood.com/ and http://localharvest.org and http://SugarMtnFarm.com/blog/ NAIS is an extraordinarily complex solution to a very simple problem.

What can I do to help? Write your state and federal legislators about NAIS. Write letters your local newspapers, talk to your friends and neighbors.

http://nonais.org/index.php/what-can-i-do-to-help/

Download this page and hand it out, leave it on bulletin boards, at feed stores, general stores, etc. Help spread the word about the dangers of NAIS. http://NoNAIS.org/handout

We the people of the United States of America need to renew our vows with the Constitution to protect Americans from bad laws and regulations that would strip us of our rights and freedoms. We must require that our politicians respect the Constitution and all amendments when formulating laws so as not to steal away our natural, God given, rights.

For additional info visit: http://NoNAIS.org or send a large self-addressed stamped (1.11¢) envelope to:

NoNAIS @ Sugar Mtn Farm
252 Riddle Pond Road
West Topsham, Vermont 05086


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism
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To: Joe 6-pack
My dogs and I will be living in the swamps, pooping under the same bushes

Room for my husband and our horses there?

21 posted on 03/08/2006 12:18:24 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Thanks for the ping, Hair - also for your persistence in trying to learn more about this attempt to trample the Constitution. I too would like to learn who is active both for and against the NAIS proposal.

Could I afford it, I'd have a little herd of goats mowing the back forty for me. And I thought just the startup expenses were prohibitive!

I believe in unregistered armaments. Needless to say, I don't care to have my dogs on a registry, either.


22 posted on 03/08/2006 12:19:32 PM PST by Titan Magroyne (Suicide Bomb Instructor: "Now pay attention, I'm only gonna do this once...")
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To: Joe 6-pack
>I have two German shepherds...in addition to pets/companions, I also consider them in some regards, like my firearms, that is a layer of my home and personal defense system, and would regard having them chipped with the latest RFID technology little different than having to register my firearms. If you look at Waco, or any other number of no-knock raid type seizures, dogs have been targeted and neutralized at the onset of the operation, and I can see little other reason for the Federal Government to maintain a database of the number and type of dogs I own, and the multitude of other information they could obtain in real-time using RFID.<

Just look at the turkey of a bill Virginia dog owners and veterinarians just got stuck with:

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+HB339

23 posted on 03/08/2006 12:35:49 PM PST by Darnright (Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.)
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To: pubwvj
Who Benefits?

Some RFID companies, and mostly, big agribusiness meat producers, who will see foreign markets open up, while at the same time, usnig the Federal Govt to shut down and harass small producers with onerous book-keeping requirements.

Just like the BATF under Clinton did to thousands of FFL holders, where the BATF showed up at a local gunsmtih operating out of his home on a Sunday afternoon and forced him to show him all his records.

Just like in Europe, where it is against the law to butcher your own animals.

Once millions of animals are tagged, the ability to tag humans will be seen as easy and cost-effective to implement...

24 posted on 03/08/2006 12:35:57 PM PST by ikka
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To: HairOfTheDog
"Room for my husband and our horses there?"

"Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, at 595,000 acres, is the nation’s largest swamp wilderness..."

25 posted on 03/08/2006 12:44:14 PM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: Darnright
"Just look at the turkey of a bill Virginia dog owners and veterinarians just got stuck with: "

Enjoy the Fifth Amendment while you can, because it looks like I'm going to be wearing that thing out.

26 posted on 03/08/2006 12:46:02 PM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: Joe 6-pack

I have a Malinois and a baby German Shepherd. The insurance companies will have a field day with HB339 (thanks to the Freedom of Information Act), finding out who has a "dangerous" breed. The companies will then begin cancelling coverage on countless homeowners for daring to have the breeds that they have designated as risky.

My legislators voted against this thing. Sadly, too many of the Republican majority bought into this turkey.

By putting the Veterinarians in the loop, the state has forced the DVMs to violate doctor/client confidentiality, an ethic the Veterianary profession supposedly swears to.


27 posted on 03/08/2006 12:57:00 PM PST by Darnright (Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Me too! I know that you trail ride too Hair. I just can't imagine calling the gubmint everytime I ride out in the fields around my house. Do they have a toll free number 'cause the long distance calls reporting the several times a week I ride out are going to eat significantly into my budget.


28 posted on 03/08/2006 1:04:59 PM PST by ShakeNJake
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Facts compiled to show what is trying to be forced to make all livestock owners a 'community model'.

HARD QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE NATIONAL ANIMAL ID SYSTEM (NAIS)

1. What is the NAIS? A scheme hatched by the federal government and corporate agribusiness to tag every animal in the US with an identity number and to track every animal through processing. The excuse for it is the discovery of two cases of mad cow disease (BSE or bovine spongiform encephalopathy).

2. What does it require? It requires every farm in the country to register as a “premises.” Each registered premises will then have to register & tag every alpaca, bison, cow, emu, goat, horse, llama, sheep, swine, and all poultry. It provides no exemptions. If you have as much as one chicken, you must register.

3. What does it mean? This is not about controlling disease, it’s about controlling farmers. When social security was first introduced, the government promised the people that the number would never be used for “identification purposes.” But today you can’t get health care, insurance, a bank account, an apartment, a job, or your tooth pulled without giving a social security number.

4. Isn’t it voluntary? Only for now. The present USDA “Draft Strategic Plan” calls for making it mandatory by January 2008. “Mandatory” means that they will fine, arrest, or jail you if you refuse to comply. For the system to work, the government obviously must force every farm and every farmer to register every animal, and no one will be able to seek veterinary care, transport, sell, or process animals without registry. In other words, the freedom to farm that has belonged to mankind since Creation will be abolished.

5. Who and what is behind the NAIS? According to the USDA National Animal Identification System (NAIS) Draft Strategic Plan 2005 to 2009, page 3, paragraph 1, at http://animalagriculture.org/aboutNIAA/members/memberdirectory.asp, “In 2002, the National Institute of Animal Agriculture (NIAA) initiated meetings that led to the development of the U.S. Animal Identification Plan (USAIP).” “Driving force – The strongest driving force for developing the NAIS is the risk of an outbreak of a foreign animal disease (FAD). There is broad support for NAIS among government, industry, and public stakeholders.” (“Stakeholders are defined as those individuals and groups in the public and private sectors who are interested in and/or affected by the Department's activities and decisions.” http://www.ci.doe.gov/cigapol.htm.)

6. Who is the National Institute of Animal Agriculture? NIAA website states, “The mission of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture is to provide a forum for building consensus and advancing solutions for animal agriculture and to provide continuing education and communication linkages to animal agriculture professionals.” http://animalagriculture.org/aboutNIAA/facts/factsheet.asp. In fact, the NIAA is a national agribusiness organization whose purpose appears to be lobbying government for laws and policies that favour agribusiness. A brief glance at the board of directors seems to confirm that, since all are drawn from agribusiness companies, industry groups, or schools of agriculture (which notoriously favour corporate agribusiness over small farmers and sustainable agriculture). http://animalagriculture.org/aboutNIAA/leadersstaff/BOD.asp. A list of members leads to the same conclusion. http://animalagriculture.org/aboutNIAA/members/memberdirectory.asp.

7. Who will bear the burden of NAIS? Small farmers, and especially those engaged in the New Agriculture (“permaculture” or “sustainable agriculture”). First, they will be forced to pay for NAIS, at least in part. Second, they will be forced to work for NAIS. In the words of the NAIS Draft Strategic Plan, page 14, paragraph 3, “All groups will need to provide labour.” NAIS will add yet another cost disadvantage to small farmers and the New Agriculture, and will make local agriculture less competitive with agribusiness. http://animalagriculture.org/aboutNIAA/members/memberdirectory.asp.

8. Won’t NAIS help prevent and control disease? No, NAIS isn’t about preventing or controlling disease, it’s about marketing. When a case of mad cow disease (or any other disease) surfaces, NAIS aims to protect meat producers’ markets by tracking animals through processing to “prove” that only a few animals are affected and so prevent a public revulsion against their meat. The most effective way to control disease is to produce meat and milk for local instead of national markets and “closed herd” techniques.



National Animal Identification System (NAIS)
Fact Sheet

The National Animal Identification System is being put into place “to enable 48 hour traceback of the movements of any diseased or exposed animal.”

The NAIS consists of three components:

# Premises registration
# Animal identification
# Animal tracking

Those putting this into place do not consider you the owner of your animals. Their approach to this is “We must ensure the participation requirements of the NAIS not only provide the results necessary to maintain the health of the national herd …

The government is already encouraging voluntary registration on the radio.

“The USDA…will enact regulations by early 2008, requiring stakeholders to identify their premises and animals. At that time, all animals leaving their current premises must be identified with the AIN or Group/Lot ID.

“ Even with public funding, there will be costs to producers. Both public and private funding will be required for the NAIS to become fully operational. The Federal government is providing the standards, national databases, and basic infrastructure.

# States and Tribes will register premises within their areas. They will also support the administration of animal identification and tracking systems that will feed information into the national database.
# Producers will identify their animals and provide necessary records to the databases.
# Managers of shows and events will report a record of participating animals.
# Market operators and processing plants will provide animal location records.
# Service providers and third parties will assist by providing animal identification and movement records to the NAIS on behalf of their producer clients.
# All groups will need to provide labour.”

The Timetable
2005:
• Premises registration: July 2005: All States operational
• Animal identification: August 2005: Initiate “840” number with AIN tag manufacturers and AIN tag managers
• Animal tracking: January-December 2005: Test identification and automated data collection technologies

2006:
• Premises Registration: April 2006: Performance measure: 25% of all premises registered
• Animal identification: April 2006: AIN Management System fully operational
• Animal tracking:
- July 2006: Interstate Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (ICVI) operational in all States
- Focus on integration of management systems to forward animal locations/sightings

2007
• Premises registration: April 2007: Premises registration “alert” (scaled up communication campaign to create awareness of January 2008 requirements for premises registration).
• Animal identification: April 2007: Animal identification alert (scaled up communication campaign to create awareness of January 2008 requirements for animal identification).

• Animal tracking:
- April 2007: Incentives to report interstate movements using ICVI or electronic movement permit system.
- October 2007: Infrastructure established to collect animal termination records at high capacity abattoirs.
- Initiate collection of animal movements at concentration points (markets, feedlots, etc.).
- Expand the integration of management systems to forward animal locations/sightings.

NAIS Strategic Plan - DRAFT Lines of Action

2008:
• Premises registration: January 2008: All premises registered with enforcement (regardless of livestock movements).
• Animal Identification: January 2008: Animal identification required with enforcement.
• Animal tracking:
- July 2008: Collect high percentage of animal termination
records at abattoirs (processing plants).
- July 2008: Collection and reporting all defined
movements.

2009:
- January 2009: Enforcement for the reporting of animal
movements.
- NAIS fully implemented and all components are mandatory.


Additional Notes:

>>>>The national search for a long term ID and tracking solution for an estimated 30 million animals has already been underway. The recent events will obviously add impetus to speed this process up. The National Animal Identification Development Team (NAIDT) has developed the USA Identification Plan (USAIP). NAIDT is a group of approximately 100 animal and livestock industry professionals representing over 70 associations, organizations, and government agencies including USDA. Development has been a voluntary effort by all participants working collaboratively to establish an effective national animal identification plan. The USAIP focus is on enhancing the nation's capability to accurately and effectively locate and trace individual animals and/or groups of animals within 48 hours should an animal health emergency arise.


So who are these 100 people? Who chose them? What do they have to benefit?

It says they represent the animal associations?

Really?

Aren't the associations suppose to represent you all?

How many of these 100 people have financial interests in Optibrand?

http://www.optibrand.com/uploadedfiles/Animal_ID.pdf

Dr. Robert Fourdraine
- Robert Fourdraine was also the IT director for U.S. Animal
Identification Plan (USAIP). They want to implement a national animal
identification system for the United States.

- Dr. Robert Fourdraine
Holstein Association USA

- Dr. Robert Fourdraine
NIAA Animal Identification and Information Systems Committee chair.

- Dr. Robert Fourdraine
Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium

- Dr. Robert Fourdraine
USAHA/AAVLD Committee On Animal Health Information Systems

Wow, so many hats....Who is looking our for who's interest?






Sites and groups fighting NAIS:

http://nationalpropertyowners.org
National Property Owners Association

http://www.nonais.org
No NAIS - Walter Jeffries

http://www.starovertexas.com
Star Locke of Texas

http://www.stopanimalid.org
Stop Animal ID

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NONAISin-theUS
People dedicated to the fight against NAIS

http://www.spychips.com
CASPIAN

Ready Made Flyers:

http://nationalpropertyowners.org/NAISFlyer-Borntobefree.doc
Download Born To Be Free Flyer


http://nationalpropertyowners.org/RFID.doc
Radio frequency identification
RFID Doc

More Articls:

http://nationalpropertyowners.org/HorsesMouth.html
Horses Mouth

http://nationalpropertyowners.org/nonais.html
How do you say No NAIS in Japanese?


29 posted on 03/08/2006 1:07:14 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: HairOfTheDog

here are some of my notes:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1592524/posts?page=29#29


30 posted on 03/08/2006 1:07:49 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: ikka

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1339911/posts
Parents Protest School Mandate That Students Wear Radio ID Tags


31 posted on 03/08/2006 1:12:07 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: ShakeNJake
I'm stunned that the American Horse Council a lobby that supposedly protects horse interests, thinks this is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

I'm stunned that the Equine Species Working Group members who came up with these ideas represent groups of members who not only will be burdened by this, but probably have not heard about it, let alone approve of it. Numerous breed and show orgs... too many to list (!!!!!), plus American Endurance Ride Conference & Back Country Horsemen of America.

WHAT AM I MISSING HERE? How can they possibly not only approve of this, but in fact ARGUED TO GET HORSES INCLUDED IN IT?

32 posted on 03/08/2006 1:17:37 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: ShakeNJake

No need for long distance calls. You will have to use global data entry software. There are already Animal ID data management companies that have software versions for feedlots, vets and home entry use.


33 posted on 03/08/2006 1:20:38 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: pubwvj
Wow, if they have the technology to track sheep and Liberals, heads could roll at CBS, the NY Times, CNN, etc..

I expect Democrats to fight any tracking methods based on this reason.
34 posted on 03/08/2006 1:21:20 PM PST by TheForceOfOne (Memogate - Dan Rathers Little Big Horn.)
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To: Calpernia

Calpernia, I appreciate your research on this, but jeepers... scarelinks about human ID tags is really not helpful. Part of what kept me from getting involved in this before is all of your prior threads have been loaded with copy/pastes of spam and links that really gets in the way of conversation about it and makes people who are opposed look like paranoid moonbats.

The issue is complicated enough, and bad enough, without making it about the UN, or Mark of the Beast, or child tracking, IMHO.


35 posted on 03/08/2006 1:21:54 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Keep an eye out on info from those groups to see if someone advocating for the NAIS system is receiving royalties for it. That is how they got the other animal groups/assoc to sign on.


36 posted on 03/08/2006 1:22:52 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: HairOfTheDog

I thought it was relevant to IKKA's comment about humans. You are right, I will hold the other stories I have on human tracking.

This info is overwhelming as it is.


37 posted on 03/08/2006 1:24:52 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: pubwvj

Okay... I have to say it....
They'll have to pry my schnauser from my cold dead hands before I will comply.....

; )


38 posted on 03/08/2006 1:29:03 PM PST by antceecee (Reagan Democrat and now a Bush Republican...)
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To: pubwvj
Terrorists? Terrorists will be delighted to have larger targets. They want a high body count for their efforts. Hitting a small farm is not impressive and does not affect very many people.

Terrorists may use livestocks to spread disease. In otherwords, bioterrorism. NAIS would not stop spreading disease, but will allow tracking down where it came from, and the likely livestocks that may have been affected as well.

Claiming this type of security measure (NAIS) ineffective for flying wild life to spread disease is just like saying Passport and Border Patrol is ineffective because terrorists and illegal migrants may enter US from anywhere and use false identity that there is no need of security measures, letting them freely enter our country to do harm. No one should ever underestimate the power of Information Technology. We need this to defend our country from dangers, and from bio-terrorism as well.
39 posted on 03/08/2006 2:29:35 PM PST by Wiz (News hyaena providing you news with spice of acid)
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To: Wiz
We need this to defend our country from dangers, and from bio-terrorism as well.

Do you want to send the government a report every time you walk your dog down your street or take it to the vet? That's what this does.

Horses are not our food source, they are pets.... And horses are widely vaccinated to protect against communicable disease. And their use depends on their ability to travel to shows, to trail rides, to other events. This would require me to report every time I take my horse on a trail ride, even though there is NO history of disease widely spreading from such use.

40 posted on 03/08/2006 2:35:29 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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