Reply #64: You aren't addressing my specific points [View All]

[riderinthestorm]

I'm certainly not talking out my ass here....

Look, I don't even want retinal scans. I don't want my animals' entire history outlined on a chip, scan, RFID, or whatever. Beyond that I don't want my life monitored. And my life IS my animals.

And yes, I do have 24/7 access to my vet. Always.

Look, who cares (other than you for some wierd reason) if someone wants 4-5 forms of ID for their show animals. It's not the government's business. Besides, however much this legislation will affect people who extensively compete it will ruin small farmers who keep backyard livestock for their own and/or their family's consumption.

Your commment about "new competitors and animals at my events" is also moot. Competition horses MUST have current Coggins and health certificates - that means the animals were inspected by a vet within the week before they travelled.....

And if the USDA is worried about mad cow then they should be addressing the cattle industry - not everything else. Doesn't the fact that they want this for all animals give you the creeps in any way shape or form?

Its beyond bizarre, it's tyrannous and I don't use that word lightly.