On February 5, 2010, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was going to scrap the eight years of work and $120 million poured into creation of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Dr. Ron DeHaven, chief executive officer of the AVMA and a former head of the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, said that hes worried that the decision to end NAIS will hinder the ability of veterinarians to respond to a disease outbreak.
You're suggesting to treat animals like we do our children? What about our rights as farmers? If NAIS went through, it would without a doubt force small family farmers out of business, so only factory farms remained.
KakachiXdove 2 years ago