[I’m not really setup for donations and so far my own costs are pretty minimal. Some people have sent me checks in the mail. So far I have not done anything with them as I’m not sure how to handle them. A better idea would be for you to use your money to buy advertisements in your own local newspapers, classified papers, make up bumper stickers to pass out for free, t-shirts, lawn signs, buttons, etc. Anything that will get the word out. Quite a few people have done this and it frees me up of the task of having to figure out what to do with money. :) You can find artwork for these sorts of things if you need it in these two directories: ImagesMisc and Ads. There is also the NoNAIS Poster and the NoNAIS Handout. Have at it and spread the word! -WJ]

NAIS is at best redundant and at worst will cause the rules to be relaxed, by either creating a false sense of security or by imposing even more counter-productive mandates.

Animals are an investment of time and money. Only a fool would take chances with such an investment.

It seems to me that the real risk of disease is not the animals, but the fools. Let’s tag and track them!

“This document was dated January 15th, 2004 and was up dated September 15th, 2005 so it is current information. All of this is pre-NAIS.”

Not it isn’t. In the Draft Strategic Plan it states the “effort began to take shape in April 2002”. In Oct 2002, APHIS established the National Identification Development Team who in 2003 worked on the initial draft of the US Animal Identification Plan. Then it states that 12/30/03 the Sec of Agriculture “announced additional protection to guard against BSE and indicated that USDA would expedite the implementation of the NAIS”

From GAO (Government Accounting Office) Report 05-214

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05214.pdf

Disease Protocol:

If an animal is suspected of having a disease a sample would be collected from the animal.

Federal officials will Federal Express the sample to NVSL or Plum Island.

USDA technicians would diagnose within 3-4 days.

During this time all other animals in the vicinity of the sick animal would be quarantined.

Should the USDA confirm the “presence of a disease” the affected herd and all cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and wildlife-infected or not-within a minimum 10 kilometer zone around the infected farm would be killed. Pg 31

If the disease were to spread beyond the initial zone, authorities would continue to quarantine and kill animals until the disease was “stamped out.”

Yet until animals are vaccinated, USDA will have no recourse but to slaughter animals in a systematic manner to contain the spread of the disease. Pg 37

Confirmatory testing is done for several reasons, including economics and trade relations. USDA officials told us they believe that caution should be used in spending public funds and that the particular virus and strain or type of virus must be known before expending resources.

Rapid diagnostic tools are designed to yield results in less than an hour and are intended to be used outside of specialized laboratories, at the site of an outbreak. Importantly, the tools can detect disease before the animal shows clinical signs of infection. Pg 32

Decon- the person who collected the sample, can then be decontaminated using a common solution, such as acetic acid (vinegar)in the case of FMD.

The mobile unit would be located just off the farm to eliminate contaminating the unit. Procedures would be the same as those for any official taking a sample from a farm suspected of having a highly contagious disease. Pg 35

County (name) in which you live:

Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan also known as CEMP

State:
Look under your state name and Comprehensive Emegency Management Plan (CEMP)

Look particularily at ESF 25 dealing with animals and all appendix’s under ESF #25

Executive Order 12656–Assignment of emergency preparedness responsibilities-Continuity of government

National Response Plan

Walter at NoNAIS.org brings us some interesting information about the need for NAIS. All along the government has proclaimed that Nais is necessary to control diseases like BSE. According to the US Food and Drug Administration;

Are the protective …

Walter at NoNAIS.org brings us some interesting information about the need for NAIS. All along the government has proclaimed that Nais is necessary to control diseases like BSE. According to the US Food and Drug Administration;

Are the protective …