The
US Department of Agriculture is implementing the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) which would compel all
owners of 29 different species of animals to register their premises and personal information in a federal database.
Owners would be required to buy microchip devices and attach them to every single one of their animals (each of which gets
a 15 digit federal ID number), to log and report every "event" (birth, death, sale, breeding, etc.) in the
life of each animal, to pay fees for the "privilege" of having their location and animals registered, and to
pay fines of up to $1000 a day for noncompliance!
