[blackbelly] Update on National Animal ID Program

[Carol J. Elkins]

For those of you interested in Federal requirements for sheep tagging under 
the soon-to-be-implemented national Animal Identification Program (NAIS), 
you might want to have a look at 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/fsheet_faq_notice/faq_ahnais-sheepgoats.h 
tml This page describes the relationship between the scrapie flock 
identification program and the new NAIS program. You will learn how the new 
numbering system may affect your old numbering system and what tags you 
will need to purchase in the future

Bottom line: the Feds are going to get you, but it will take them years to 
figure out how to implement their program. During the confusion, if you are 
caught in the shuffle, you'd best know the law so that you can defend 
yourself. If the scrapie program is a fair indication of our government's 
inefficiency, then the National Animal ID should be a real screamer.

Carol

Carol Elkins
Critterhaven--Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep
(no shear, no dock, no fuss)
Pueblo, Colorado
http://www.critterhaven.biz
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