From: "Thor Burfine" <thor@cpcinc.net>
Subject: [MSAR] NAIS and SAR
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:21:58 -0600
To: "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
First, let me apologize as this is somewhat of a political issue but it does
affect mounted-sar.
How many of you are familiar with the NAIS requirements?
http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/index.shtml
In Texas
http://www.tahc.state.tx.us/animal_id/index.shtml#registration
I had a good talk with our Ag Extension office the other day and this is
what I found out here in Texas.
Registration is voluntary, if your FFA or 4-H its mandatory if you show
Premise ID stays with the property for ever
If you have a Premise ID all livestock must be registered
Now here is the killer
SAR is not exempt from registry
So here is the problem
We get an ID (it's a national database)
We go on a search
We cross 3 cow pastures on 3 different farms
Owners are unknown/unreachable
We are required to report the 3 farm's premise ID's within 24hrs of
movement
State will not release premise id unless you have the owners full
name
then and only then will they do it if there is no privacy
issues
State of Texas considers a Premise ID as private data
So no there is no way to get or report the premise id.
I can be fined up to $1,000.00 per day per horse until the reporting
is complete
If we could find a way to exempt Mounted-SAR from registry or reporting
would this be something worth fighting for?
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Thor Burfine
Texas Equusearch
Equine Team Leader
ATV Team Leader
Deep Water Recovery Diver
www.texasequusearch.org
From: "IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN" <ilichten1@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] NAIS and SAR
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:44:08 -0500
To: "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Every pleasure horse owner in the country is fighting this system. That is
why it is now voluntary. As interpreted in Pennsylvania (which automatically
issued Premises ID to every milk producer, breeder, vet, chicken coop, etc.)
only the final destination has to be reported. This means if I ride off the
property where I board to a public park across the driveway I may not have
moved the animal. However, if go camping I have definitely moved.
This may be the only reason to fight horse slaughter for food in the US-- if
your animal is not in the food chain NAIS may not apply.
The lawyers are going crazy over what is voluntary or required particularly
as an opt out program is now starting for premises but there is no guarantee
that opting out removes your premise from the data base.
It is a system that was not designed and has no requirement to design to.
Irv Lichtenstein
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