Subject: [permaculture] National Animal ID program
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:47:53 -0500
Is this USDA program (reportedly underway in several states) even
remotely conceivable??
The National Animal ID program ... every single livestock animal in the
United States will be identified and tagged. All livestock animal
movements will be tracked, logged and reported to the government ...
Small farmers, pet owners and homesteaders will have to tag and track
every single animal. There are *no* exceptions - even small farms that
sell direct to local consumers will be required to pay the fees and file
all the paper work on all their animals. Even horse, llama and other pet
owners will be required to participate in NAIS. Homesteaders who raise
their own meat and grandma with her one egg hen will also have to
register their homes as ‘farm premises’ and obtain a Premise ID, tag all
their animals and submit all the paperwork and fees.
from http://nonais.org/index.php/but-what-is-nais/
[permaculture] National Animal ID program,
Jill, 02/22/2006