[AT] Livestock ID

[Mike Sloane]

As I understand it, if you take an animal off your premises  and don't 
notify the Feds in 24 hours, you are in non-compliance. This includes 
even things like riding your horse down the road or taking a lamb to the 
local school for "show & tell".

Mike

Cecil Bearden wrote:
> Walt:
> Ask about the penalties for non-compliance.  As I read it, if you do not 
> comply, they can take condemn your herd without hearing, slaughter them 
> all on site, send you the bill for their sevices. and fine you $100 per 
> day for non-compliance.  this could be due to getting an additional 
> animal on your place and not notifying the USDA within 48 hours.....
> 
> This is just the precursor to human ID...
> 
> A lot of it sounds like Naziism....under the pretense of the Patriot 
> act....
> 
> Cecil in OKla
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>>
>> I raise Limousin cattle and I'm going to a  meeting on Saturday to see 
>> what
>> this is all about. will talk after that.  I  have registered my farm 
>> so far but
>> not sure what we are going to do on the  cattle. I'm hoping for a 
>> simple tag
>> not a brand or tattoo. although I do tattoo  the registered ones I 
>> don't do it
>> to the ones I sell at market for meat. \
>> I  don't think that this is politics I think its more on the side of 
>> be able
>> to  trace the origin of sick cows and such. I'm all in favor of that I 
>> just
>> don't  want to get to involved as I a little guy on a budget.
>>
>> Walt  Davies
>> Cooper Hollow Farm
>> Monmouth, OR 97361
>> 503 623-0460
>>
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