Fighting to Stop the National Animal Identification System (NAIS)

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The Technology Behind the National Animal Identification System
By Judith McGeary - August 2006

The government's proposed National Animal Identification System ("NAIS") poses numerous problems: massive government intrusion into our lives, unnecessary and burdensome costs, the lack of a real need for such a program, and the fact that tracking does not solve disease issues. Looking more closely just at the last issue, the USDA's disease control claims rely on the assumption that nationwide tracking is even possible. In truth, the technology is flawed in many ways, ranging from problems with the microchips to problems with the databases.