NAIS animal registration--It DOES affect you!

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Another case of Government run amok! It is a push by big Agri-business to put small farmers out of business, and it even seriously restricts pet owners! (read below!) In the end, it will mean higher meat prices to all of us, and worse living conditions for the animals as big business takes over more and more of our food supply. Click on the second link to sign a petition and send your letter to opt out, while you still can. http://www.naturalnews.com/024270.html Read this link for more information on this new way to rip us off. “Meat sold to stores and restaurants is supposedly USDA inspected during slaughter and processing. But the large numbers of recalls show that meat from big commercial producers may not have been properly inspected because the USDA is too busy pushing NAIS to do its job as it should be done. NAIS does nothing to halt the spread of Mad Cow Disease or Avian Flu.â€Agribusiness is the clear winner under NAIS. The prize is expanded export markets with legal liability protection, market share gains, bigger monopolies and higher prices. The losers are the small farmers who will be forced out of business due to the required additional fees and paperwork, and the consumers who will ultimately have to foot the bill for NAIS.†Anyone who eats meat, or owns or plans to buy so much as a cat or a canary should write this letter and opt out. Stand up for yourself, the weak-willed Congress won’t! http://www.libertyark.net/NAIS-new/NAIS%20Clip/# Go to this link to see a brief video on what this will mean to you as a consumer, or even a pet owner! If you have even one chicken or goat or pony, you will face huge fines and even imprisonment if you aren’t compliant. It will destroy small farmers and even folks who want to raise their own meat. It will explain what is happening and what you can do to prevent it. If you ever hope to raise or even buy healthier meat for your family, you need to stand up and resist this intrusion into our lives. ONLY big agri-business benefits!http://www.libertyark.org/ Sign the petition here, send the letter below, and visit the links suggested. Fight this, please. If you don’t, it will mean ever increasing prices. It will mean unhealthier living conditions for the animals raised for meat, and it will mean more and more disease in our food supply. "On April 25, 2005, the USDA released "Draft Program Standards" ("Standards") and a "Draft Strategic Plan" ("Plan") for the NAIS. The Standards and Plan have no authority in law. The USDA has stated that the Animal Health Protection Act of 2002 is the source of its authority. (Plan at 9.) But that statute addresses only the import and export of animals, interstate travel, quarantines areas, and related programs. Two Congresses have tried, but failed to pass legislation that would amend the Act to provide for a mandatory electronic tracking system for individual head of livestock. USDA is operating without authority from Congress. Currently, there are three bills in Congress, trying to give postdated authority to this assault on our freedom. The existence of these bills proves that there is no Congressional authority for USDA to establish a mandatory animal identification system." We must keep fighting this!"Premises registration: Every person who owns even one horse, cow, pig, chicken, sheep, goat, deer, elk, bison, 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, in a government database under a 7-digit "premises ID number." (Standards, pp. 3-4, 10-12; Plan, p. 5.) Additionally, pet owners who own one parakeet, canary, cockatiel, etc. as owners of "exotic fowl" have been targeted for mandatory inclusion in this system. "If you buy a pet bird after this system is put into effect, it probably will already have an Animal Identification Number. It will be registered to you, and you must register your premises (wherever you keep the bird). If you move the bird off your "premises" for any reason, or it dies, or it produces more birds, you must report such activity to the federal government within 24 hours. In Texas, there was a staff recommendation to hold off on mandatory registration of exotic fowl kept as pets, until a disease was suspected, then they will implement mandatory registration. However, that recommendation is on hold until TAHC decides what path it will take."This is pure bull droppings. We are not free in this land any longer. Every move we make, and now livestock and even little birds we keep in our homes, are to be under the thumb of oppressive government. For what? To fleece what's left in our wallets or face huge fines and to keep bureau-rats employed doing destructive work instead of productive endeavor? The penalties for non-compliance range from $50,000 to $500,000 in fines. Up to 10 years in prison.â€Take Action: Contact the members of the House Committee on Agriculture. Their website is: http://agriculture.house.gov/index.shtml Their contact info may be found on the internet at: http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml Contact the members of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Their website is: http://agriculture.senate.gov/Their contact info may be found on the internet at: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm Contact the members of the House Appropriations subcommittee on Agriculture and urge them to defund NAIS!The members are: Chair: Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ranking Member: Jack Kingston (R-GA), Maurice D. Hinchey (D-NY), Sam Farr (D-CA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-IL), Steven R. Rothman (D-NJ), Dave Obey (D-WI), Tom Latham (R-IA), Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO), Ray LaHood (R-IL), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Jerry Lewis (R-CA) Their contact info may be found on the internet at: http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml Contact the federal and state legislators for your district. Their contact info may be found at: http://www.congress.org/ Enter your zip code in the box under “Write Your Officials†and click on the arrow (â–º). E-mail the Equine Species Working Group with your concerns: info or fax them to: 202-296-1970. Submit your comments and concerns to the USDA using their on-line form: http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/contact_us/general.shtml. Unfortunately, despite their claims that they want our feedback, the USDA has chosen NOT to reveal a mailing address or fax number. Pass this flier on to other horse owners! Find more information about NAIS:LibertyArk Coalition: http://www.libertyark.org/Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance: http://farmandranchfreedom.org/NAIS Info Central: http://www.naisinfocentral.net Contact:David Hecimovichdhecimovich(360) 725-5493Dr. Leonard EldridgeWashington State VeterinarianLEldridge(360) 902-1881Web:http://agr.wa.gov/FoodAnimal/Animal_Premise/default.htm Dear ---------, I, ____________________________ understand that my property is listed in the NAIS database as premise number(s) ________________________.Please permanently remove my name, property, and any information related to me and/or my property from the NAIS database. I am requesting that the information be removed, not simply listed as inactive. This request covers both the state and federal databases.Please send me a copy of your letter to the USDA authorizing the removal of my information, and send me written confirmation when the process is completed.Sincerely, Jan Slama12422 E. Mansfield Avenue, #79Spokane Valley, WA 99216 Cc:State Senator Bob McCaslinState Representative Larry CrouseState Senators: Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rogers