Mounted search and rescue

[Una Smith <una.smith@att.net>]

(For the non-US subscribers here:  NAIS concerns only the United
States.)

Thor Burfine wrote:
>Could you post the list info so we can read the archives? 

NAIS has been a hot topic on a lot of discussion groups.  One
that I follow is rec.equestrian, a Usenet newsgroup.  Usenet
groups are archived on Google.  Here is a relevant search URL:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.equestrian/search?q=NAIS&start=0&scoring=d&;


New Mexico is running an advance test implementation of both
components (animal identification and premises identification)
through its state livestock board.  One reason for this is 
that New Mexico is a brand inspection state and has a formal
registration process for issuing a transportation permit for
each horse.  And some New Mexico counties also have something
like a premises registry already, because when a transportation
permit is issued the location of the horse is recorded, and
the state livestock board sends that data to the local county
government.  Some counties have a livestock property tax and
use the data from the livestock board to enroll horse owners
on their tax rolls.  My county does this and my mare's annual
tax is about $5.  (The price of a cheap lunch or an expensive 
coffee.)

So I looked at New Mexico's premises identification enrollment
scheme and it is depressingly unworkable.  I am considering
participating to the fullest extent possible, simply to help
my area livestock inspectors (who I think are good guys) to
understand sooner than later what a mess they will be facing.

http://www.newmexicolivestockboard.com/Files/NAIP/NAIP.htm


NAIS's Equine Species Working Group has released a short report:

http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/naislibrary/documents/plans_reports/ESWG_Recommendations_August_1_2006.pdf
 
 
See in particular paragraphs 3 and 7;  together, they define a
very narrow context in which data on horse movements would need
to be recorded, and a still narrower context in which it would
need to be reported.


        Una Smith
        New Mexico

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