Possible outreach/demonstration regarding dog licensing

[Nat F]

A person's dog is usually considered a family member, and that makes dog licensing a very emotional issue.  A local town clerk recently told me she gets more complaints about dog licensing than any other issue, including property taxes.  Towns also use dog licenses as a significant back door revenue scheme, as the majority of license fees stay in the local coffers and all of the fines for late licenses do so.

Towns often bring people who don't license their dogs in time to court, but also frequently fail to follow the letter of the law.  Would it be worthwhile for a person (or several people) to stand outside the local courthouse on the day(s) those court cases are handled and point out those technicalities in order to help people fight the fines?

I'm thinking along the lines of someone holding a sign that reads
Dog licensing
is immoral
nhfree.com

and handing out a pamphlet outlining the laws regarding dog licenses that the town might not have followed correctly.  Another way (less visible though) to handle it might be to make a public records request to get the list of dog owners who failed to license their dog in time and distribute a letter to those households.

Is this something worthwhile?

-Nat

[KBCraig]

Licensing is something that irks us, especially since we have five dogs (three of them were rescues).

We keep our dogs healthy. They impose no cost to society. Why should we pay a tax on ownership?

[J’raxis 270145]

You need to talk to RattyDog. Dog licensing is how she first came into our movement.

[kola]

Yearly dog licensing in also a tracking ploy which enforces over-vaccination.

In the rurals (in Colorado) there is no madatory licensing although the NAIS program threatens all of that.

If anyone is interested, research NAIS, the animal Real ID/chip/tracking/money-making program.

Big Gov makes more laws, makes more money= Common Folk get less freedom, and less money.

Welcome to the United States of Slavery. (USS)..

UNLESS THE PEOPLE RISE UP AND START DOING SOMETHING!!!!!

sorry..I got a lil carried away..

sits down, 
Kola

[KBCraig]

NAIS is what got the Granny Warriors started. Government is pretty good at one thing: turning people into activists.

[Dreepa]

I can't wait to chip my chickens.

[David]

NAIS is what got the Granny Warriors started. Government is pretty good at one thing: turning people into activists.

gov't force creates victims, victims sometimes fight back.   

I can't wait to chip my chickens.

Just remember to take the chip out before you eat them.   

[NHRes2004]

Yearly dog licensing in also a tracking ploy which enforces over-vaccination.

In the rurals (in Colorado) there is no madatory licensing although the NAIS program threatens all of that.

If anyone is interested, research NAIS, the animal Real ID/chip/tracking/money-making program.

Big Gov makes more laws, makes more money= Common Folk get less freedom, and less money.

Welcome to the United States of Slavery. (USS)..

UNLESS THE PEOPLE RISE UP AND START DOING SOMETHING!!!!!

sorry..I got a lil carried away..

sits down, 
Kola

NH is a part of NAIS. It is currently voluntary. (Links are at the linked web site.)

National Animal Identification System 

Choose a Topic Animal Health and Welfare Animals ID System Animal in Disaster Avian Influenza Crop Insurance Dairy Regulations Experience NH Agriculture Export Information Farm Products Farmland Protection Pesticide Licensing Pesticide Registration Plants and Insects Scales and Pumps   

   
  Livestock owners can now sign up for a unique "premises identification number" for their livestock facilities through the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Industry.

   
  Officials in the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Industry are in the process of identifying locations that manage or hold animals and assigning them a premises identification. This is an important first step to build a state and national animal identification system established through the United States Department of Agriculture.

The goal of the national system is to be able to trace everywhere an animal has been within 48 hours of a disease outbreak. The data will help identify animals that may have been exposed to a serious disease and determined where that exposure occurred. The information will help to ensure rapid disease containment and maximum protection of New Hampshire's animals.

Animal health incidents can have large economic, human health or food safety impacts. The impetus for a national identification and tracking system accelerated after a Canadian-born cow with (BSE) Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy was diagnosed in a Washington herd in 2003, the first case detected in the United States.

Premises include farms and hobby farms; veterinary clinics; stables; livestock markets; livestock trucker and dealer premises where animals are kept; slaughter, rendering and dead animal plants; livestock exhibitions; and any other location where livestock is kept.

Farmers will receive this unique identification number for farms and other property where livestock are kept. The number is assigned to a location, similar to an address.

The bottom line is protecting producers' livelihoods by ensuring animal health, assuring consumer confidence and maintaining market access. As soon as the department can record animal movements from farms, auctions, ports of entry, slaughter facilities, and all other points of concentration, the ability to respond to disease outbreaks will be strengthened.
Participation in the National Animal ID System is voluntary at this time in New Hampshire, but the expectation is for the program to become mandatory in the future. The National Animal Identification System will protect New Hampshire animal agriculture by providing producers and animal health officials with the infrastructure to:

Improve efforts in current disease eradication and control
Protect against foreign animal disease outbreaks
Address threats from deliberate introduction of disease
Animal identification is designed to reduce the financial and social impacts of a potential disease outbreak. It is important to uphold and continue confidence in New Hampshire's agricultural and livestock products.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I register?
There are currently 2 ways to register a premises in New Hampshire:
1.  http://agriculture.nh.gov/divisions/animal_industry/documents/NHVoluntaryNAISform.pdf
2.  Registrants without computer access may call Division of Animal Industry 603-271-2404 and request a form.

Who should register premises?
Any farm, including those that may only have one animal; veterinary clinics, fairgrounds where animals are exhibited; animal laboratories, markets/collection points; ports of entry; quarantine facilities; rendering plants; slaughter facilities; tagging sites; and any other locations where livestock are kept.

Why do we need an identification system?
Animal identification is not new. Animals have been identified in all of our regulatory programs since at least 1927 when the tuberculosis eradication effort began. Since Brucellosis is close to being eradicated in the United States, however, that system of tagging and identification is being phased out rapidly. Right now, several animal health programs include an animal identification component, and certain classes of livestock must be officially identified before entering interstate commerce. In addition, some animals must be identified before they can compete in shows or race on a track. So, there are multiple identification systems in place that exist for different purposes, but there is no nationwide animal identification system for all animals of any given species.

What is the advantage of NAIS?
NAIS is for disease tracking. The goal is to allow the rapid tracking of animals during a disease outbreak. The system is designed to allow state and federal officials to trace an individual animal, throughout its life, in 48 hours. The tracking system used today can take days or months to trace back animals. Even then, the search often leads to a dead end.

Is there a cost to registering premises?
No, USDA has provided funding for premises registration to New Hampshire and other states who utilize the federal registration system.

Won't NAIS cost producers a lot of money?
A disease outbreak would cost both producers and the government a tremendous amount of money. Currently, if there is a highly contagious disease, such as foot and mouth, both the industry and individual producers would suffer financially because of slow, incomplete tracing of the animals. The national animal identification system will allow the rapid tracing of animals, help limit the scope and expense of managing an outbreak and minimize an outbreak's impact on domestic and foreign markets.

Where can I obtain more information on the National Animal Identification System and Premises Registration in New Hampshire?
The United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service maintains a website dedicated solely to NAIS. The site contains the most current information concerning policy and implementation of NAIS . For more information or assistance with premises registration in New Hampshire contact Dr. Stephen Crawford at (603) 271-2404 or e-mail him at scrawford@agr.state.nh.us


More Frequently Asked Questions... http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/newsroom/factsheets/nais_qa_factsheet.shtml

Registration

If you would like to register your farm, download the NHVoluntaryNAISform.pdf. A PDF file that is printable. Mailing information is on the form. Online registration will be available soon.

Links and Downloads

National Animal Identification Information:
The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) is a national program intended to identify specific animals in the United States and record their movement over their lifespan. It is being developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and State agencies—in cooperation with industry—to enable 48-hour traceback of the movements of any diseased or exposed animal. This will help to ensure rapid disease containment and maximum protection of America's animals.

USDA
US Animal Identification Plan Information Site (USAIP)
Camelid Working Group
American Association of Bovine Practitioners
National Institute for Animal Agr.
United States Animal Health Association
American Horse Council
National Cattlemen's Association
American Dairy Goat Association
National Livestock Producers Association
I Dairy

Small and Non-commercial Agriculture


Contact Us

Dr. Stephen Crawford, State Veterinarian
Tel: (603) 271-2404
Fax: (603) 271-1109
scrawford@agr.state.nh.us
New Hampshire Department of Agriculture- Animal Industry
State House Annex 25 Capital Street, 2nd Floor Concord, NH 03301


Visit the Contact Us page for Division of Animal Industry contact information.


 
New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food
25 Capitol Street, 2nd Floor
Concord, NH 03302 

[kola]

Yeah, Big Gov made in "voluntary becuause enough people got pissed and said no to their attempt to make it mandatory!!!!!!!

NAIS is for disease tracking ??? BULLSHIT!


from:http://www.noanimalid.com/plugin/freetag/liesom
....So Australia, Canada, Brazil, Mexico or any other country can ship meat here and they don't have to meet the requirements of NAIS. So lets ask the question of what happens to these foreign products when they get here. For the most part they get mixed in with US beef by the packer so it becomes indistinguishable from an American product. Then lets say there is some contaminate found in it down the road further in the chain say at the restraunt level. Then what happens.

They trace the meat back to the plant then NAIS kicks in and they target all these American producers as the problem for the contamination and liquidate their herds for them. The authorities never once consider that it might be the foreign products that were introduced by the packer, since they can't be tracked, or the packer itself as the problem. They will just use NAIS to persecute American meat producers.




Kola

[kola]

http://www.rddavis.org/equitation/freedom-vs-id.html#closing

NAIS is a just another way for the government to stick its nose where it doesn't belong and to gather more data about the citizens which it could use against them if certain corrupt politicians so desire. Many people aren't concerned about what the government knows about them, but consider the possibilities with any government agency or politician having access to vast amount of personal information pertaining to you, from medical records to where you go with your horse, who you know and talk to, what books you read, what you say to others on the telephone, etc. Information which the "patriot" act allows the government to obtain more easily about you. Use your imagination and think about how certain influential people could use it for political gain, and corporate gain as well - let's say someone is a political opponent, or doing something which someone with the right connections doesn't like... think of what they could do to someone given enough information about them and having political influence over various government agencies. You don't think that corrupt bureaucrats and law-enforcement agency personnel exist, who will help out with political favors? I'm not saying that this will happen to any of us, but remember, it could, and it shouldn't be able to happen in a country where freedom and liberty are valued - those are the types of things which we think of as happening in corrupt dictatorships and in places like the former Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia... however, is not the U.S. headed in that direction?

Kola