Nancy, The next thing that will happen is that humans will be fined for their "emissions".
Sharon -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy & Tom Richardson Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 5:25 PM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 4, Issue 136 Just heard this on the radio on a program called ag talk. They are now trying to impliment a "permit: fee for every animal you own for the "Green house " gas it emits. I believe every dairy cow is $85 per year, beef cow i think they said $70 and pigs 60. They didn't mention sheep. but you know they will. They are taking coments at the epa level. This is to help green house emissions controled by them even though they are suppose to only do cars factories etc. Someone else might want to check into this one. To get all the facts but it is scary. Couldn't afford a sheep permit. They aren't worth that much more. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 5:01 PM Subject: Blackbelly Digest, Vol 4, Issue 136 > Send Blackbelly mailing list submissions to > blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.in fo > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Blackbelly digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. USDA Memo Mandates NAIS Premises Registration (o johnson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:07:14 -0800 (PST) > From: o johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Blackbelly] USDA Memo Mandates NAIS Premises Registration > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > I just got this today. Wanted to pass it along. > > Oneta and The Gang > www.johnsonquarterhorses.com ? Don't tell GOD what to do, just report > for duty! > > > --- On Mon, 12/1/08, Liberty Ark Coalition <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: Liberty Ark Coalition <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: USDA Memo Mandates NAIS Premises Registration >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 10:18 AM >> Dear Oneta >> >> >> >> For immediate release: >> For more information, contact: >> >> December 1, 2008 >> Karin Bergener at 330-298-0065 >> >> >> Judith McGeary at 512-243-9404 >> >> >> >> USDA Memo Mandates NAIS Premises Registration >> But Agency and Big Ag Still Deny Their Plans >> >> As part of the USDA?s ongoing pattern of misleading >> tactics, the agency and industry organizations are backing >> away from an internal USDA memo that outlines how to force >> registration of real estate holding livestock, horses, or >> poultry under USDA?s National Animal Identification System >> (NAIS). The USDA memo, issued on September 22, 2008, >> dictates the procedure by which state agencies shall >> register animal owners? properties despite the owners? >> objections, if the owners refuse to voluntarily register. >> >> ?The memo not only calls for mandatory registrations, but >> for branding individuals as ?dissenters,?? notes Col. >> (Ret.) Randy Givens, a founder of the Liberty Ark Coalition >> (LAC), an alliance formed to fight NAIS. ?The USDA?s >> document states that people who refuse to ?voluntarily? >> register their property will not only be involuntarily >> assigned a registration number, but will also be assigned a >> special code that designates their refusal to >> ?volunteer.?? >> >> Under NAIS, the premises registrations are gathered into a >> massive national database. Individual animals will each be >> tagged, using mostly microchip devices, and animal owners, >> even those with pets, will have to report to the government >> whenever they buy or sell animals, or animals die, or they >> take the animal off their property for events such as trail >> rides or shows. Most independent farmers and pet owners of >> livestock or horses have objected to the extensive costs and >> government intrusion of the system. Industrial agriculture >> operations, which will be able to avoid individual tagging >> by using group identification, support NAIS. >> >> USDA?s 2005 plan for NAIS called for it to become >> mandatory by 2009. However, in response to widespread >> protests by animal owners, USDA announced in 2007 that the >> program would be "voluntary at the federal level." >> That change in strategy moved implementation of the >> mandatory NAIS down to the states, allowing USDA to disclaim >> responsibility. Since then, many states have been using >> federal guidelines and funding, under Cooperative >> Agreements, to implement mandatory or coercive NAIS >> programs. >> >> Given USDA?s past actions in pushing NAIS despite >> objections, the memo was an unwelcome, but not surprising, >> development to animal owners and activists. ?It?s been >> clear to us for some time that USDA planned to use existing >> disease programs to register citizens? property,? stated >> Karin Bergener, a horse owner and Steering Committee member >> of the LAC. According to Bergener, ?At an industry >> conference last year, several state agriculture officials >> discussed their plans to force premises registrations and >> conversion to NAIS-compliant microchip tags. The September >> USDA memo just puts this plan into writing.? >> >> After two groups, the LAC and the Farm and Ranch Freedom >> Alliance (FARFA), made the memo public on November 1, >> concerned animal owners promptly started calling their state >> departments of agriculture to inquire what it meant. In >> response, USDA and pro-NAIS industry organizations such as >> the American Horse Council (AHC) have launched a campaign to >> re-cast the memo. >> >> ?This is the usual response; they are denying the plain >> meaning of the memo, ? says Judith McGeary, Executive >> Director of FARFA and herself a small farmer. ?In a >> recent letter, AHC declared that anti-NAIS activists did not >> understand the memo and that the memo was discussing plans >> for some unspecified time in the future,? says McGeary. >> ?But the memo was issued by the agency, written in the >> present tense, with no caveats or limitations.? >> >> Some USDA regional officials have stated that they >> haven?t even read the memo. Some state agriculture >> officials have said they do not plan to enforce it, while >> one state agency has said it will be enforced only for >> programs paid for by the USDA. McGeary questions, ?What >> would they have done if activists hadn?t publicized the >> memo? The agencies? pattern is to push NAIS behind closed >> doors, and to try to discredit any opposition by disclaiming >> the agencies? own written plans once revealed. The >> agencies and businesses that will profit from NAIS are >> determined to push the program through by whatever means >> they can find. It?s past time for Congress and State >> Legislatures to rein in these rogue agencies.? >> >> >> For further information about NAIS, visit >> www.libertyark.net > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > This daily digest is from the Blackbelly mailing list. > Visit this list's home page at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info/ > > > End of Blackbelly Digest, Vol 4, Issue 136 > ****************************************** > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
