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Micro chip question a couple of days ago, Want more info?

The question asking for opinions on micro chipping seemed to be 'for', but do you really understand what it means? Here's another thought: On March 11, 2009, R-CALF USA President Max Thornsberry, D.V.M., testified at a congressional subcommittee hearing on USDA's National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Dr. Thornsberry presented a powerful case against NAIS, but the witnesses were clearly stacked in favor of mandatory NAIS. Most of the members of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry (Subcommittee) who attended the hearing also appeared to favor NAIS. Our best chance to stop NAIS is in this Subcommittee, and it is right now, while the hearing record remains open. We need thousands of letters from across the country, from livestock producers, main-street businesses and consumers, to be faxed to the Subcommittee before March 20, 2009, the date the hearing record closes. Below is a template letter you can use to fax your letter to the Subcommittee. Feel free to use all or part of this letter, or write one on your own. The important thing is we must literally have thousands of letters from all across the country faxed in before March 20. This is URGENT if you want to put a stop to NAIS. Please circulate this alert and the template letter to any e-mail or fax list you may have in order to blanket the country. There are about 3,000 R-CALF USA members that receive this alert. This is so important that we are asking every R-CALF USA member to deliver a copy of this alert to at least one non-member to get them to also fax a letter to the Subcommittee. Here is the Subcommittee's Fax Number for faxing your personal letter: 202-225-4544. Timing is everything. Please help us get thousands of personal letters from livestock producers, main-street businesses and consumers faxed to the Subcommittee before March 20. Good Luck! I cannot add the letter here as text is too long. If you wish to read or send the letter, I will e-mail to you via your request. edit, AMEN, KB! I was hoping for more interest in this subject as it IS important to any one that owns animals. Thanks to all who answered, keep alert to this and God Bless.

Public Comments

1. Big Brother will micro chip my horse when they pry his halter from my cold dead hands! When they micro chip every peanut so they can track where the Salmonella outbreak started, then they can micro chip my horse. There is no reason for it to be a mandatory thing for horses. Hell, for any animal. If you want it done great, but it should be voluntary at best.
2. I don't support anything that is forced upon me, especially not this! It's one thing to want to microchip your horse because it may help recover him if there's a natural disaster, he gets lost, or stolen and a COMPLETELY different thing when the government forces you to tag your horse for their own agenda/interest/gain...I'm all for choice. Just wanted to clarify that, especially now that I've had a chance to better educate myself on this particular issue. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
3. I'd like to circulate the letter and fax #. Here's my email: kosmac_judith@yahoo.com
4. We've given the government the impression we can be made to accept whatever they wish to force upon us. Not me. Please e-mail to my yahoo address.
5. Here is a link to explain what this is about...........we do need to stop this. http://www.ruralheritage.com/stop_nais/horses.htm