Mounted search and rescue

[bonnie elster <elster530@yahoo.com>]

Just a point of interest-  sheep are tattooed, ear tagged or clipped for identification.

IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN <ilichten1@verizon.net> wrote:

> The issue, besides tracking every movement, is that horses are the only
> animal that has to be individually identified by RFID or chip devices
> implanted by a vet. Cows get ear tags (which fall off regularly) and flock
> animals like chickens, sheep get no individual ID at all. If the NAIS is to
> track a sick animal back to its source, it can't do it by identifying where
> the animal came from because it won't know. The ear tag will surely be gone
> by the time the cow is butchered and internally examined. And sheep
> regularly test positive for anthrax in their wool. 
>
> It is a system without a design or a requirement that can be designed for. 
>
> Irv
>  Lichtenstein 
>
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