Comments on: Kids Page: Pet Disaster Preparation http://www.nonaiswa.org/?p=468 If you eat... you need to stop intrusive regulations on traditional farms. "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting to decide what’s for lunch" (If you don't get involved you may be on the lunch menu) Thu, 20 May 2010 15:23:50 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Thomas Jones http://www.nonaiswa.org/?p=468&cpage=1#comment-632 Thomas Jones Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:03:59 +0000 http://nonaiswa.org/?p=468#comment-632 Diane and I fall into that small farmer category. We raise and train Arabian horses. If you recall, horses are not part of the food chain. They do not carry or transmit any diseases that affect other animals in the food chain. Yet, they are included in NAIS. Each horse requires a microchip. Every movement requires reporting to the Department of Agriculture within 24 hours. Each animal that leaves its birthplace is required to have a 30 day certified veterinary health certificate before it can be moved. The simple act of taking a trail ride or attending a horse show or, as we sometimes do, taking a horse to a cancer fund raiser requires all of these expenses and red tape under NAIS. Very simply put….We are out of business. We are trying to find good homes for unsalable horses. For more information about how it affects horses please check our website http://www.wiwfarm.com/doomsday.html Tom Diane and I fall into that small farmer category. We raise and train Arabian horses. If you recall, horses are not part of the food chain. They do not carry or transmit any diseases that affect other animals in the food chain. Yet, they are included in NAIS. Each horse requires a microchip. Every movement requires reporting to the Department of Agriculture within 24 hours. Each animal that leaves its birthplace is required to have a 30 day certified veterinary health certificate before it can be moved.

The simple act of taking a trail ride or attending a horse show or, as we sometimes do, taking a horse to a cancer fund raiser requires all of these expenses and red tape under NAIS.

Very simply put….We are out of business. We are trying to find good homes for unsalable horses. For more information about how it affects horses please check our website http://www.wiwfarm.com/doomsday.html

Tom

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