Re: [blackbelly] Website: Why You Should Oppose the USDA's Mandatory Property and Animal Surveillance Program

[hlang]

You think so ......The NAIS will drive small producers out of the 
market.............the first which are going out here
are today the large breeders. Small breeders have lower cost and can play, 
but the big guys are fed up.

Domination, the clock is going back.Europeans left to American many years 
ago, because they have been dominated by the
rulers, the Czars, Kaizars and all kind of Royalties.
And the today rulers have the oil in their back and know how to have the 
rules to run the country

regards Helmut
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From: "Carol J. Elkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:12 AM
Subject: [blackbelly] Website: Why You Should Oppose the USDA's Mandatory 
Property and Animal Surveillance Program


Picked up from another email group, here is a worthwhile site and letter 
to read regarding the upcoming National Animal ID Program.

http://poultrypress.com/hobby/

Below is one of the docs available to freely download on the site. In 
addition, the site has sample letters that you can send to your elected 
officials (you will need to make them applicable to sheep, not chickens). 
Form your own opinion and feel free to share that opinion on this 
listserv. ALL opinions are encouraged. A strong case can be made for the 
need to ensure the safety of the food chain in the U.S. by enforcing the 
NAID. An equally strong case can be made that the NAID violates our 
Constitutional rights, eliminates our privacy, and puts the U.S. 
government in our backyards and pastures. At this point, the NAID is 
inevitable; we never really did have a choice. But it is a good idea to 
remain informed about what you as an animal raiser will be required to do 
in the near future.

This is a lengthy document; you can go to the above website to read it in 
its entirety.
________________________________________________

Why You Should Oppose the USDA's Mandatory Property and Animal 
Surveillance Program

by Mary Zanoni, Ph.D. (Cornell), J.D. (Yale), Executive Director of Farm 
for LifeTM
P.O. Box 501, Canton, New York 13617
Telephone: 315-265-2800 Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Poultry fanciers and keepers of small flocks are facing a grave threat 
from
a proposed government intrusion into their innocent choice of pastimes and
way of life.

For several years, the USDA has been working with the largest-scale animal
industry organizations (for example, the National Pork Producers, Monsanto
Company, and Cargill Meat) to develop a mandatory "National Animal
Identification System" ("NAIS").

However, most small scale livestock producers, people who raise animals 
for
their own food, and people who keep horses or livestock as companion 
animals
do not know about the USDA's plans.

The NAIS will drive small producers out of the market, will make people
abandon raising animals for their own food, will invade Americans' 
personal
privacy to a degree never before tolerated, will violate the religious
freedom of Americans whose beliefs make it impossible for them to comply,
and will erase the last vestiges of animal welfare from the production of
animal foods.

The Problem

On April 25, 2005, the USDA released "Draft Program Standards" ("St.") and 
a
"Draft Strategic Plan" ("Plan") concerning the NAIS. If you think the
description below sounds too bizarre to be true, please go to 
usda.gov/nais,
read the Standards and Plan, and check the citations.

By January 1, 2008, the NAIS will be mandatory. (Plan, pp. 2, 10, 17.)

Every person who owns even one horse, cow, pig, chicken, sheep, pigeon, or
virtually any livestock animal, will be forced to register their home,
including owner's name, address, and telephone number, and keyed to Global
Positioning System coordinates for satellite monitoring, in a giant 
federal
database under a 7-digit "premises ID number." (St., pp. 3-4, 10-12; Plan,
p. 5.)

Every animal will have to be assigned a 15-digit ID number, also to be 
kept
in a giant federal database. The form of ID will most likely be a tag or
microchip containing a Radio Frequency Identification Device, designed to 
be
read from a distance. (Plan, p. 10; St., pp. 6, 12, 20, 27-28.) The plan
may also include collecting the DNA of every animal and/or a retinal scan 
of
every animal. (Plan, p.13.)

The owner will be required to report: the birthdate of an animal, the
application of every animal's ID tag, every time an animal leaves or 
enters
the property, every time an animal loses a tag, every time a tag is
replaced, the slaughter or death of an animal, or if any animal is 
missing.
Such events must be reported within 24 hours. (St., pp. 12-13, 17-21.)
Third parties, such as veterinarians, will be required to report 
"sightings"
of animals. (St., p. 25.) In other words, if you call a vet to your
property to treat your horse, cow, or any other animal, and the vet finds
any animal without the mandatory 15-digit computer-readable ID, the vet 
may
be required to report you.

If you do not comply, the USDA will exercise "enforcement" against you.
(St., p. 7; Plan, p. 17.) The USDA has not yet specified the nature of
"enforcement," but presumably it will include imposing fines and/or 
seizing
your animals.

There are no exceptions -- under the USDA plan, you will be forced to
register and report even if you raise animals only for your own food or 
keep
horses for draft or for transportation.

The Negative Effects

Eradication of Small Farms - People with just a few meat animals or 40-cow
dairies are already living on the edge financially. The USDA plan will
force many of them to give up farming.

Loss of the True Security of Organic and Local Foods - The NAIS is touted 
by
the USDA and agricorporations as a way to make our food supply "secure"
against diseases or terrorism. However, most people instinctively
understand that real food security comes from raising food yourself or
buying from a local farmer you actually know. The USDA plan will only kill
off more local sources of production and further promote the giant
industrial methods which cause many food safety and disease problems.
Extreme Damage to Personal Privacy: and much more info on the docs 
available
at the above website!

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