OK, maybe I do not understand something, but... In my country we have NAIS already and it is not so bad, it is working. I suspect that for you all there it is more political guestion instead of farming thing, but here it woks and works quite well. Main thing - all cattle must be registered, so vets can keep an eye on regular mandatory shots.
According horses - well, all horses here must be registered, and must have passport. From next year - all must be microchipped for proper ID. What else - yes, when I'm moving a horse - any direction, for any porpose - I must to fill the horse transportation form 3X - one stays with me, other - to the owner of the place where horse goes, and the 3rd copy - to government Agriculture database. It is not really much paperwork to fill, but it gives a chance really trace the horse and it makes life better as we at least do not have any anonymous horses - like if horse is abandoned or mistreated, owner can not wash hands saying - it is not mine.
Of course, there are still the back yard horses without registartion, but very small minority as if you want to do something public with horse - like participate at shows, passport with valid shots is mandatory.
Pasprt has to be issued to the foal between 4 and 6 months while foal is still with mare. Then the description of the foal is made, and it is registered in gov database. You can not do it, but then you can not get pedigree, participate at sponsored breeding programs and so on. See, the positive thing - you must pay for all the paperwork and then gov pays you back your expenses - like expert, transport fees and all that - so basically it is mandatory, but it is forced by gov in a positive manner - do it right, and we shall pay you your expenses.
It sounds funny but I have registered herd too - and other registration goes for the barn (in theory I can have herd located in different places, so the reason for 2 different registration numbers). And the transportation forms were filled when I took Shella down 2 miles to the stallion for half hour. It might sound ridiculous, but in long term it had worked here. I hate paperwork, but I see how it works.
And yes, here you can not sell legally or breed legally cattle without NAIS numbers - (slaughterhouse regulations are completely different story here) but it works, indeed.
According horses - well, all horses here must be registered, and must have passport. From next year - all must be microchipped for proper ID. What else - yes, when I'm moving a horse - any direction, for any porpose - I must to fill the horse transportation form 3X - one stays with me, other - to the owner of the place where horse goes, and the 3rd copy - to government Agriculture database. It is not really much paperwork to fill, but it gives a chance really trace the horse and it makes life better as we at least do not have any anonymous horses - like if horse is abandoned or mistreated, owner can not wash hands saying - it is not mine.
Of course, there are still the back yard horses without registartion, but very small minority as if you want to do something public with horse - like participate at shows, passport with valid shots is mandatory.
Pasprt has to be issued to the foal between 4 and 6 months while foal is still with mare. Then the description of the foal is made, and it is registered in gov database. You can not do it, but then you can not get pedigree, participate at sponsored breeding programs and so on. See, the positive thing - you must pay for all the paperwork and then gov pays you back your expenses - like expert, transport fees and all that - so basically it is mandatory, but it is forced by gov in a positive manner - do it right, and we shall pay you your expenses.
It sounds funny but I have registered herd too - and other registration goes for the barn (in theory I can have herd located in different places, so the reason for 2 different registration numbers). And the transportation forms were filled when I took Shella down 2 miles to the stallion for half hour. It might sound ridiculous, but in long term it had worked here. I hate paperwork, but I see how it works.
And yes, here you can not sell legally or breed legally cattle without NAIS numbers - (slaughterhouse regulations are completely different story here) but it works, indeed.
And with elections just around the corner everything must be political now...
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