I will never comply with any portion of NAIS.  I refuse to allow any government employee 24/7 access to my property.  If the want to come count my animals - get a warrant.  For those who have no idea what this insane Plan is all about, go to the USDA site and read it.  You effectively give up your First, Fourth, Fifth and Fifteenth Amendment Rights.  If you didn't pay attention in Government class, go read the Constitution.

The horse industry no matter the breed is already in trouble in our current economey, this will keep many from breeding and buying.

The NAIS is superfluous and unnecessary. Laws and measures exist to promote horse herd safety. The NAIS does not prove that it will be of any benefit in the very thing it purports to do, animal health.

The USDA is spending large sums of money to educate the public including horse owners about NAIS. However, the USDA should be spending it on educating the public about the eminent collapse of the food system. Unless current f\outdated farming practices are soon transitioned from the outdated factory models to more viable post-industrial rebuilding there will be a food shortage.

 "[It] is a one-size-fits-all program targeting many species of animals. It’s difficult to see how it can be useful against any specific disease."  --Jack Kittredge (Mother Earth News: The Truth About the Animal ID Plan)

The program will hurt  horse owners by discouraging  horse ownership. Horses have many uses and purposes, the benefits are many, but by adding unecessary government oversight which does none of the things the USDA claims it will do and add that to the very real scenario of an Agriculture Department employee making a clerical mistake it will simply diminish horse ownership. 

The USDA program as applies to horses clearly begs the question of who benefits?

"If the program does not serve the goals of disease prevention or control, then why is the USDA proposing it? To answer that, critics have looked to where the program originated, and whom it benefits."

"Institute of Animal Agriculture (NIAA) initiated meetings that led to the development of the ID plan. The NIAA, it turns out, is a private organization whose membership reads like a who’s who of agribusiness: Cargill, Monsanto, the National Livestock Producers Association, the National Pork Producers Council, the National Renderers Association, and veterinary medicine companies such as Pfizer and Schering Plough."

"Manufacturers of animal ID and tracking systems, such as Cattle-Traq and Digital Angel, also are members. "

--Jack Kittredge (Mother Earth News: The Truth About the Animal ID Plan)

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