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Why I Oppose NAIS

Written by esbee on

Have any of you heard of the ridiculous program called NAIS(national animal identification system)? It will require all those who own even one chicken, or other livestock animal, to register their premises, microchip and file birth, death and movement reports so the govt know where those animals are at any moment. The silly reasons given for this program range from bird flu, mad cow, bioterrorist attack or any number of "you need our help" garabage but the real reason is to benefit multi billion dollar corporate agriculture so they can improve their marketability while sticking it to the small producer or pet pot belly pig owner.

But NAIS is ifirst and foremost, a business plan developed to benefit and improve marketability of factory farms and corporate agriculture. But while factory farms and big ag gets a free ride, the ones who will be hurt most by NAIS are the small producers who raise even one farm animal whether for a pet, their own consumption or to sell locally.

NAIS plans are to identify, microchip and track every animal raised by those who are NOT factory farms, horse owners included. These people, regardless if it is a pet pot belly pig in suburbia, a parakeet on the 20^th floor in downtown Houston, the pony in the backyard or granny’s few egg hens, will have to register their premises (giving up property rights) pay to microchip every last animal and then file birth, death and movement reports on those animals. And it will cost them a bundle.

If animal disease is even suspected, all animals in a 6 mile radius can be depopulated. Even though most food recalls are made because of what happens AFTER the cow or chicken left the farm. AFTER it was killed. AFTER IMPROPER HANDLING in the factory or food processing? NAIS traces that animal all the way back to where it was born and punishes the one who bred and fed him.

Factory farms get only one lot number per groups of animals and do not have to report all animal movements. Any one of those animals could be diseased and who would know.

The USDA, despite all the protests from farmers/ranchers/horse owners/Amish who realize what a ridiculous program this is, is forcing this program on those who do not want or need it just to bring you so-called “food safety” through NAIS!

There are those who have actually read and researched the NAIS documents and see all the holes and unfair provisions in it. The USDA claims letters just like I am writing are spreading misinformation. But we are in strong disagreement with NAIS and can prove that this program will not be good but the USDA prefers to dismiss us as kooks or “misinformed”!

This program that will put more surveillance on livestock owners than on illegal aliens/drug dealers/child molesters, etc, It will also usurp property rights.

NAIS-national animal identification system will require... 1. You register your premises because you have livestock (even one) and effectively become a sharecropper, clouding title to property. Yes, it IS free to sign up, but just like drug dealers, who always give the first hit free, the cost comes later on in your freedoms, the expensive microchipping, the time it will take to file all those birth, death and movement reports, etc. 2. Microchip all your critters, cost could be up to and over $1500, including scanners and software programs and they chose the kind that can be reprogrammed. Factory farms do NOT have to do this, they get one lot number per group of animals. Any animal in that group could be diseased and who would know. 3. ALL births, deaths, and off property movements will have to be reported within 24 hours of face $1000/day late fines (in Texas)Again factory farms do not have to do this. Only small producers (or those who own one chicken for a pet!) 4. if animal disease is suspected in an area, a 6 mile radius can be depopulated, even the healthy animals that had no contact with the supposed disease.

Please check out these websites and organizations fighting NAIS. (national animal identification system) The research contained within them is from reading the NAIS document.

http://www.nonais.org/ http://www.tofga.org/ http://www.farmandranchfreedom.org/ http://libertyark.net/ http://arkansasanimalproducers.8k.com/ http://www.vicfa.net/

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