Mandatory Premises ID registration and the USDA’s proposed National Animal Identification System (NAIS) are dead in Vermont! See this article for more details.
In a nutshell, which is where these programs belongs, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture (AoA) has finally heard the enormous protest against the program and said they are letting the proposal for mandatory Premises ID expire and will not share information with the feds thus killing NAIS at the same time.
It is unnecessary to violate our rights and privacy in order to control animal disease. The government should focus on education and being polite. The VT AoA is one 800 lb guerilla that just learned it can’t sit anywhere it pleases.
Walter Jeffries Tinker, Tailor… A bit eclectic & a tad eccentric, polymath, quantum mechanic & Farmer. Also lucky at cards.
Oh that’s so great!
That is the best news I’ve heard in awhile, woohoo!
WOOHOOOOOOOO!
and we’re moving to VT next year! :)
Excellent outcome for all of your hard work! Is this going to be an annual battle for you, do you think? How is the fight going in other states?
Thanks for giving a fine example of pure representative democracy at work!
Fantastic!!! Thanks for all your hard work! It is much appreciated across the sate —– John
Best news I’ve heard in ages! Thanks for all your work.