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jcesarelli
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posted 01-30-2004 10:32 AM     Profile for jcesarelli   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I received this from a friend in here in New York: It's pretty scary. Go to the United States Animal Identification Plan for conformation. ( http://www.usaip.info/ ) Pass this on, please.

USAIP EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Protecting American animal agriculture by safeguarding animal health is vital to the wellbeing of
all U. S. citizens. It promotes human health; provides wholesome, reliable, and secure food
resources; mitigates national economic threats; and enhances a sustainable environment.
Essential to achieving this goal is an efficient and effective animal identification program.
Building upon previously established and successful animal health and animal identification
programs involving many animal industries, an industry-state-federal partnership, aided by the
National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA), was formed in 2002 to more uniformly
coordinate a national animal identification plan. This resulting plan, requested by the United
States Animal Health Association (USAHA) and facilitated by USDAıs Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS), was formulated in 2003 for presentation at the October, 2003
annual meeting of the USAHA. More than 100 animal industry and state-federal government
professionals representing more than 70 allied associations/organizations collectively assessed
and suggested workable improvements to the plan to meet future U. S. animal identification
needs.

Fundamental to controlling any disease threat, foreign or domestic, to the nationıs animal
resources is to have a system that can identify individual animals or groups, the premises where
they are located, and the date of entry to that premises. Further, in order to achieve optimal
success in controlling or eradicating an animal health threat, the ability to retrieve that
information within 48 hours of confirmation of a disease outbreak and to implement intervention
strategies is necessary. The USAIP is focused on utilizing state-of-the-art national and
international standards with the best available and practical technologies. It is dynamic and
flexible, and will incorporate new and proven technologies as they become available. Statesı
needs in implementing animal identification will receive priority within the uniformity provided by
federal oversight.

The USAIP currently supports the following species and/or industries: bison, beef cattle, dairy
cattle, swine, sheep, goats, camelids (alpacas and llamas), horses , cervids (deer and elk),
poultry (eight species including game birds), and aquaculture (eleven species). Implementation
will be in three phases: Phase I involves premises identification; Phase II involves individual or
group/lot identification for interstate and intrastate commerce; and Phase III involves retrofitting
remaining processing plants and markets and other industry segments with appropriate
technology that will enhance our ability to track animals throughout the livestock marketing
chain to protect and improve the health of the national herd. Initial implementation will focus on
the cattle, swine, and small ruminant industries. In transition, the USAIP recommends that:
all states have a premises identification system in place by July, 2004; unique,
individual or group/lot numbers be available for issuance by February, 2005;
all cattle, swine, and small ruminants possess individual or group/lot identification for
interstate movement by July, 2005;

all animals of the remaining species/industries identified above be in similar
compliance by July, 2006.

These standards will apply to all animals within the represented industries regardless of their
intended use as seedstock, commercial, pets or other personal uses.

It is well acknowledged that costs associated with the USAIP will be substantial and that a
public/private funding plan is justified. Significant state and federal costs will be incurred in
overseeing, maintaining, updating, and improving necessary infrastructure. Continued efforts
will be required to seek federal and state financial support for this integral component of
safeguarding animal health in protecting American animal agriculture.


There is a comment submission form -- easy to use -- on the site--I would suggest we use it!


Horse, Cattle, Bird, llamas and Other Livestock Owners:

The USDA is sneaking in a massive plan that will force anyone who owns a cow,
horse, mule, llama, pig, sheep, duck, chicken or anything else they deem to be livestock to be registered with the government and to comply with a list of rules that includes:

Having a federal site identification number

Identifying every animal on the site with an ear tag or electronic chip

Recording every movement of every animal on
and off the site for any reason

Allow government inspectors onto your premises at any time to verify your animals and reports

Perhaps you need to write your congressman/woman ASAP.

This is not Internet folklore; the 74-page
preliminary document is available on their website. This
is all under the innocent sounding guise of tracking
animal disease. Here again is the link to their site:

http://www.usaip.info/

You can contact your representatives on-line
at:

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/.

The script that group mails everyone at once
does not work but there is a contact form for each legislator that does work. Please, read the details and write today!

Pass this along to anyone and everyone who will help.

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Joseph

It is the very difficult horses that have the most to give you. Lendon Gray


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Fire Stryker
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posted 01-30-2004 11:26 AM     Profile for Fire Stryker   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Thanks Joseph. I will have to wait until I get home to address this issue. I don't think my corporation would appreciate me using my corporate account.

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Angelique
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posted 02-02-2004 05:57 PM     Profile for Angelique     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Hey all,

This document has been making the rounds on all the equestrian lists I am on as well. The general opinion is there is no need for horse owners to panic about Big Brother as of yet and that you should however make your concerns known to your representatives in DC and any state/national horse organizations you are a member of.

That's what I did

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Dahlin', this can't be real emergency, I only brought one bottle of bourbon and one bottle of Tabasco...


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Friedrich
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posted 02-02-2004 10:48 PM     Profile for Friedrich   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Another point of view:

Speaking as a rescue chief officer who works extensively with emergency management on a county and sometimes state level, one big area that is continuously underplanned is animal disaster plans particularly for large animals. Yes, there are good plans (sometime) for farm animals (livestock) especially if they can be sheltered on site of their existing location. However, I encourage you to ask your barn manager if you have disaster plan for your barn in place (let alone up to date).

So... If you are in an area likely to have flooding, tornado or wildfire and might lose your horse, please please please either chip (with a mark but realize we have to find a vet with a reader) or tattoo your horse (such as SSN under the lip). This isn't Big Brother asking, it's someone who wants to get your horse back to you as fast as we can so that it can be properly cared for!

I would also suggest making a photo album of front and side shots with basic records and identification marks. Then store it somewhere safe (and dry!) so that if something happens, you can help US help YOU!

Peter Kliem
Deputy Chief, YCERRT

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Barb1881
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posted 02-03-2004 09:57 AM     Profile for Barb1881     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Hey All,
A recent article in "The Rider " equestrain newspaper states that Canada is thinking of implimenting the same kind of registery, in the hopes it will help stop, or make it easier to track, livestock-born viruses like mad cow. I'm not happy about this one bit, but neither two countries have been able to put into place a viable gun registery, so I'm not likeing thier chances of success for this either.
Barb

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Fire Stryker
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posted 02-03-2004 11:00 AM     Profile for Fire Stryker   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Never underestimate the government. It's when we don't pay attention is when they start taking stuff away.

Once something is given up, you have a hard fight to get it back if you can get it back at all.

(Jenn not a big fan of big government -- no I'm not a libertarian, democrat or republican).

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Arik
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posted 02-08-2004 10:59 AM     Profile for Arik     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Whats next? Registration for Gerbils? Being arrested for an unlicenced Hamster?

Big Brother is really getting to big. They always come accross with the "Its for your protection" line. "Its to help us help you if you have a problem." I dont see this as being a help to the small guy that owns a cow or horse.

My tuppence

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Arik


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Angelique
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posted 02-08-2004 11:06 AM     Profile for Angelique     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Speaking as someone who lives in a hurricane area, I don't really need the government to provide me with big brother-ish "tracking" plans for "my protection."

Our barn has a full disaster plan in place, luggage tags are braided into manes with owner's names, contact information, etc. the phone numbers and info is also placed on their hooves in finger nail polish and they are all microchipped. We also have shelter barns lined up in a radius of 150 miles in case of a direct hit bearing down on us. We are prepared, I don't need Big Brother holding my hand.

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Dahlin', this can't be real emergency, I only brought one bottle of bourbon and one bottle of Tabasco...


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Friedrich
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posted 02-08-2004 03:07 PM     Profile for Friedrich   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Angelique:
Our barn has a full disaster plan in place, luggage tags are braided into manes with owner's names, contact information, etc. the phone numbers and info is also placed on their hooves in finger nail polish and they are all microchipped.


You have my compliments and respects in having a barn that has embraced equine risk management!

Such planning makes such a difference in the outcome of displaced animals and livestock involved in such devestating disasters such as Hurrican Andrew and the recent severe floods experienced by the southeast U.S.

For those interested in learning more about protection of animals and livestock, FEMA has three FREE courses available for downloading at their educational website: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp

The courses are IS-10 & IS-11 (Animals in Disaster) and IS-111 (Livestock in Disasters).


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Angelique
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posted 02-09-2004 03:55 PM     Profile for Angelique     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
quote:
You have my compliments and respects in having a barn that has embraced equine risk management!

Such planning makes such a difference in the outcome of displaced animals and livestock involved in such devestating disasters such as Hurrican Andrew and the recent severe floods experienced by the southeast U.S.


Why thank you, but honestly if you live on the coast in a hurricane area it's just plain stupid not to have it in place People all know about Andrew in South Florida, but a lot of them forget what Hugo did to horse owners around Charleston. My parents went through Camille and my aunt through Donna, in our family we know how to prepare and that includes preparing our animals.

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Dahlin', this can't be real emergency, I only brought one bottle of bourbon and one bottle of Tabasco...


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Fire Stryker
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posted 02-10-2004 09:25 AM     Profile for Fire Stryker   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
My brother lived at Homestead AFB when Andrew "blew" through southern FLA.

My grandparents lived on James Island. Across the way from Charleston when Hugo mowed the trees and bent the bridge.

Small world.

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Angelique
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posted 02-10-2004 07:01 PM     Profile for Angelique     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Perhaps we just have family and friends that like to live in high risk areas.

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Dahlin', this can't be real emergency, I only brought one bottle of bourbon and one bottle of Tabasco...


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