Because of all the quotes (>>s0, the list bounced this important post. soooo 5 parts. A long while back, I posted that ARO groups wanted to take over the microchip industry of our pets. Well........ If any of these are too long to be posted, and anybody is interested, let me know the missing ones and I will send privately. G'nite > THIS MAY BE FORWARDED FREELY > > I expect we all know about the National Animal Identification System > (NAIS) which is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's grand plan to > microchip and track every farm animal in the United States. Many of > us probably also know that Congress has (also) directed the USDA to > come up with regulations to standardize in some undefined way the > system of microchipping pets in the U.S. > > It's now becoming clear that there is a plan to microchip all pets > and build a nationwide database of all of them over the next several > years. Most likely this would be done as a part of the NAIS data > base, but probably without the requirements for notification when a > pet is temporarily away from its registered 'animal premises.' But > you'd still have to notify a federal contractor when you bought a new > dog, a cat you've been feeding died, or you moved. Trust me -- > every one of these notifications will require you to pay a fee. >> > The planing includes Google-type access to the database, probably by > all animal pounds. How'd you like your local shelter to be able to > find out in seconds what pets you own? What about HSUS or your > local AR's checking how many litters you bred last year? "You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." Mahatma Gandhi Stormy Hope *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Dog's love is different, it requires no return UPDATED 2/11/06....CHECK IT OUT!!!! www.FairhopeGSD.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================