Posted on 01/13/2008 2:39:20 PM PST by freemike
Sex offenders are required to register their premises and report to the government when they move. Similarly, the USDA is implementing a so-called "voluntary" program that requires owners of livestock animals to register their premises and report to the government when any animal is moved off the premises.
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That reminds me. Super Troopers was on today. Meow
“Spend billions tracking every single cow in the US so blame for a disease may be tracked back to a single farmer instead of the government handlers???”
Humans next.
They have been doing this for years. They were called brand inspectors in Calif. Before you put the cow in the truck you had to call this guy. He would physically come to the farm and inspect the cow for a brand and then give you a paper.
This country is headed for anarchy!
That is going to cost money!
Why would the government want to create costs for producers? /s
One thing the government is banking on is that this gets rid of the pesky little homesteaders and ranchers that might be selling or bartering some of their homegrown goods to others.
I would imagine that the IRS is keeping close track of everyone signed into this program.
The disease is acquired from eating contaminated feed that contains the remains of sick animals, specifically, their brains and spinal cords. The prion does not infect the muscle. This is not an instance of careless "government handlers," by which I take you to mean meat inspectors. In order to track the disease there is a need to identify specific locations, that is, the several locations, of the infected animals.
CATTLE CALL FOR ALL HUMANS. TIME TO HAVE YOUR NEW TRACKING CHIP INSTALLED. This is a Public health Announcement.
It is necessary to track diseases with satellites, so all humans must register! Do it for your safety!
This premise registration is also going to include ALL pets, in addition to livestock. The program is still voluntary. But if a farmer is going to sell livestock at a registered livestock auction, the farm must be registered and all livestock activity has to be accounted for.
In other words, you don’t have to register unless you sell your livestock. Compliance by financial leverage. Brought to you by unelected bureaucrats.
I don’t care who pays for it, it all comes back to either the taxpayers or the consumer. It is more govt control and intrusion into our lives. I won’t have anything to do with it.
One report of a disease in a cow, which was successfully tracked to a herd in Canada, is not sufficient reason to introduce a whole new federal bureaucracy to interfere with commerce.
This is a knee jerk reaction from our federal government protectorate, who cannot even protect our borders.
The same government that can’t stop crime or win the war on drugs.
But maybe they can be sucessful protecting the animals they claim to have dominion over?? A small victory over tracking animals might give them expertise in tracking illegal immigrunts! ya think???
This story is not talking about pets. It refers to animals that are raised for human consumption.
The federal government has been loathe to do this. USDA has been brought to this point kicking and screaming. It is the cattle producers who are demanding the government take responsibility for the problem, and pay for it. There is nothing preventing cattle producers from instituting such a system on their own without government involvement. The cattle producers have seen a way to get the government to subsidize their business, insure their product if you will, and have put pressure on USDA to initiate this program. I agree with you that there is not sufficient reason to introduce a whole new federal bureaucracy.
That will teach me. Maybe I should read the headline, before responding to the comments, eh?
Admin, would you please remove my post #9, as it has nothing to do with the subject at hand.
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Thanks,
Fanfan.
See post number 13.
>>“Spend billions tracking every single cow in the US so blame for a disease may be tracked back to a single farmer instead of the government handlers???”
I don’t about this particular program...
But beef sales are about $7 billion a month.
I remember when they traced mad cow to three Canadian cows but when they were sold to the U.S. we lost track and had to kill every cow that might have come in contact.
Some plan to be able to trace outbreaks better would save a lost of cost. Is this the best plan, I don’t know.
ironically the logic here is to protect us from CJD - brain wasting disease.....while illegals will kill many more than the disease ever will
I live in ranching area and none of the ranchers want this. This is way more then for sale it even counts for people that want to raise a few chickens, a milk or a beef cow or a pig. It is for all farm animals. This way beyond worrying about disease and everything to do with big brother.
Most of the animals requiring registration will be for human consumption but not all. It will also effect horses. My wife keeps one horse she uses for trail riding. She usually takes her horse out to one of our state parks with several of her friends to ride the equestrian trails. About half of her rides are just for the day, the other half for the weekend. According to the provisions of this law she will have to notify the US Dept of Agriculture every time she transports her horse off our property.
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