National Animal Identification System - say No!
Join the LibertyArk Coalition to fight NAIS!
The NAIS or National Animal Identification System is not what it seems.
It claims to be a 'voluntary' electronic identification system for all livestock that will help track and prevent disease from spreading.
Not only will farmers have to pay for this system on their farms (even small, hobby farms), but they will have to report the movements, births and deaths of their livestock within 24 hours to a government agency. This will cause a legislative nightmare! Do you know how hard it is to hand-raise livestock, even without all that paperwork?
Not to mention, it is completly against the beliefs of the Amish and people who are trying to live simpler, low-tech lives in rural communities!
Find out more about this - eventually (2009) it will be mandatory, not voluntary! Farm Bureaus are supporting this system because they will get money for operating the databases, including the names, addresses and vital information of all the farmers. Fight the NAIS - it is unnecessary and not very well thought out! Vermont has already stood up to their legislature and made headway!
Visit LibertyArk Coalition to find out how to fight this in your state! There are state pages there that can hook you up with coordinators in your area.
Group forms to fight animal ID system <-- debut article for LibertyArk
The NAIS or National Animal Identification System is not what it seems.
It claims to be a 'voluntary' electronic identification system for all livestock that will help track and prevent disease from spreading.
What it really is - A costly, expensive system that the farmers will have to pay for themselves! It will drive many small farmers out of BUSINESS!
It will help the large corporations sell more animal products by labeling their products 'safe' for export - but it won't change the way they raise their animals, which is the root cause of many diseases and causes of tainting meat! These corporations can easily afford the tags, and don't care what it will do to smaller farms (their competitors).
Small farmers know their livestock much better than feedlots and corporations ever could - yet they will also be required to electronically tag their livestock with $300.00 (or more) 15 digit tags or face fines.
It will help the large corporations sell more animal products by labeling their products 'safe' for export - but it won't change the way they raise their animals, which is the root cause of many diseases and causes of tainting meat! These corporations can easily afford the tags, and don't care what it will do to smaller farms (their competitors).
Small farmers know their livestock much better than feedlots and corporations ever could - yet they will also be required to electronically tag their livestock with $300.00 (or more) 15 digit tags or face fines.
Not only will farmers have to pay for this system on their farms (even small, hobby farms), but they will have to report the movements, births and deaths of their livestock within 24 hours to a government agency. This will cause a legislative nightmare! Do you know how hard it is to hand-raise livestock, even without all that paperwork?
Not to mention, it is completly against the beliefs of the Amish and people who are trying to live simpler, low-tech lives in rural communities!
Find out more about this - eventually (2009) it will be mandatory, not voluntary! Farm Bureaus are supporting this system because they will get money for operating the databases, including the names, addresses and vital information of all the farmers. Fight the NAIS - it is unnecessary and not very well thought out! Vermont has already stood up to their legislature and made headway!
Visit LibertyArk Coalition to find out how to fight this in your state! There are state pages there that can hook you up with coordinators in your area.
Group forms to fight animal ID system <-- debut article for LibertyArk
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