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[RC] Crosspost, please take a look at - Sarah WNot endurance related, but definitely a concern for any horse owner (especially large operations). I am not the orginial author, just passing the info along. Sarah Lansing, MI Dear Fellow Horse Owners, The federal government has launched an ID tagging program whereby all livestock (horses included) will need to be officially identified with a lifetime identification number via microchips or eartags. For obvious reasons, eartags are not suitable to equines, thus it is likely the form of ID that will be used on horses will be microchips. The government also seeks to register under this program all premises where horses are kept. Fees will be charged for all aspects of this proposed plan as well as the costs associated with the mandated veterinary installation of the microchip into your horse/horses. Read all about this ill-conceived plan for horses at www.usaip.info and view the American Horse Council's PowerPoint presentation at http://usaip.info/USAIPEquineReport.ppt Many horse owners are opposed to this program for the following reasons: We believe that this plan will cost horse owners a great deal of money to implement and we find there are no benefits to us as horse owners warranting this type of expense or plan. We do not believe that horses should be regulated as part of the human food chain, as are cattle, pigs and sheep, because horsemeat is not consumed in the United States. We do not believe that horse owners should be made to comply with a plan that is designed to to trace back the origins of disease, such as mad cow disease, and to ensure the safety of meat products from livestock that are consumed in the United States or abroad. We believe that this plan will have a devastating effect on the welfare of horses, as many smaller horse rescue groups, private owners and small equine businesses will not be able to absorb the costs of compliance with this plan and will be forced out of business. We believe that this plan is an invasion of our privacy and of our rights as horse owners and Americans. Because we do not raise horses for food in our country, we should not be forced by the US government to comply. We believe that is our right to speak out against this plan, and that the opinions of this country's 6.9 million horses must be heard and acted upon by the groups who represent us as well as acted upon by us as individuals. What you can do to help stop this plan for horses and protect your rights as a horse owner: Forward the following information to me at glv190@xxxxxxx if you wish to have your name added to our list of horse owners who oppose the USAIP: your name, stable or business name, address, phone numbers, the number and breeds of horses you own, and the names of any club or breed organizations to which you belong. Write to the horse industry organizations that have members on the equine advisory task force for the USAIP, and tell them that you do NOT support this plan for equines. A list of the contact information for people on the task force is provided below. Write to your state and federal legislators, advising them of your opposition to this plan and asking that they NOT support this plan for equines. Write letters to your local and national equine trade publications and magazines, exposing this plan to other horse owners, and ask them to help stop this plan from being implemented as well. Forward this email to all horse groups and horse related online forums and advise them of the drastic need for them to do all they can to prevent this plan for equines from being implemented. Thank you for your help. We must all unite and do something about this outrageous plan before it is too late, and the government mandates its intentions into law. Gail Vacca Illinois Coordinator National Horse Protection Coalition http://www.horse-protection.org email info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx USAIP Equine Task Force Roster: Dr. Marvin Beeman 7677 S. Datura Circle Littleton, CO 80120 (303) 798-2230 (303) 798-4431 (fax) Mr. Remi Bellocq The National H.B.P.A., Inc. 4063 Iron Works Pkwy. Bldg. B, Suite 2 Lexington, KY 40511 (859) 259-0451 (859) 259-0452 (fax) email: rbellocq@xxxxxxxx Ms. Barbara Burck Arabian Horse Association 10805 E. Bethany Dr. Aurora, CO 80014-2605 (303) 696-4500 (303) 696-4599 (fax) email: barbara.burck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mr. Doug Burge California Thoroughbred Breeders Assn. P. O. Box 60018 Arcadia, CA 91066-6018 (626) 445-7800 (626) 574-0852 email: dougburge@xxxxxxxx Ms. Cindy Chilton Palomino Horse Breeders of America 15253 E. Skelly Drive Tulsa, OK 79168 (918) 438-1234, x11 (918) 438-1232 (fax) email: yellahrses@xxxxxxx Dr. Douglas Corey Professional Rodeo Cowboys Assn. 77418 Hales Road Adams, OR 97810 (509) 525-2502 (clinic) (509) 520-2345 (cell) (509-525-3003 (fax) email: dougc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mr. Paul Estok Harness Tracks of America 4640 E. Sunrise, Suite 200 Tucson, AZ 85718-4576 (520) 529-2525 (520) 529-3235 (fax) email: paul.estok@xxxxxxxxx Mr. Dan Fick The Jockey Club 821 Corporate Drive Lexington, KY 40503-2794 (859) 224-2700 (859) 224-2710 (fax) email: dfick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ms. Cheryl Frank USA Equestrian 4047 Iron Works Pkwy. Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 231-5197 (859) 231-7371 email: cmfrank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mr. Jim Gowen Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau 420 Fair Hill Dr., #2 Elkton, MD 21921-2573 (410) 398-2261 (410) 398-1499 (fax) email: jgowen@xxxxxxxx Mr. Matthew Heiman American Saddlebred Horse Association 1750 Tysons Blvd., #1800 McLean, VA 22102 (703) 712-5060 (703) 712-5183 (fax) email: mheiman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dr. James Heird Colorado State University College of Agricultural Sciences 121 Shepardson, 1101 Campus Delivery Ft. Collins, CO 80523-1101 970-491-6274 email: j.heird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Ms. Peggy Hendershot National Thoroughbred Racing Association 2525 Harrodsburg Rd., #500 Lexington, KY 40504 (859) 223-5444 (859) 223-3945 (fax) email: phendershot@xxxxxxxx Ms. Kathleen Henkel American Endurance Ride Conference P. O. Box 6027 Auburn, CA 95604-6027 (530) 823-2260 (530) 823-7805 email: aerc@xxxxxxxxxxxx Mr. Alan Hill Back Country Horsemen of America P.O. Box 492260 Redding, CA 96049-2260 (530) 221-8531 (530) 221-0831 (fax) email: athill01@xxxxxxx Mr. Jeff Hooper National Cutting Horse Association 260 Bailey Avenue Ft. Worth, TX 76107 (817) 244-6188 (817) 244-0873 (fax) email: jhooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mr. Charles Hulsey Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' & Exhibitors' Association P. O. Box 286 Lewisburg, TN 37091-0286 (931) 359-1574 (931) 359-7530 (fax) email: twhbea@xxxxxxxxxx Ms. Bonnie B. Jenkins U. S. Equestrian Team Pottersville Road Gladstone, NJ 07934 (703) 234-1251 (703) 234-0670 (fax) email: bjenkins@xxxxxxxx Mr. Jim Kelley American Paint Horse Association P. O. Box 961023 Fort Worth, TX 76161 (817) 222-6403 (817) 834-3152 (fax) email: jkelley@xxxxxxxx Mr. Bob Luehrman U. S. Trotting Association 750 Michigan Avenue Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 224-2291 (614) 224-4575 (fax) email: bluehrman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mr. Duane McPherson American Miniature Horse Association 5601 South IH 35W Alvarado, TX 76009 (817) 783-5600 (817) 783-6403 (fax) email: ExecDir@xxxxxxxx Mr. Dan Metzger Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders Association P. O. Box 4367 Lexington, KY 40544 (859) 276-2291 (859) 276-2462 (fax) email: metzger@xxxxxxxx Dr. Jim Morehead American Association of Equine Practitioners P. O. Box 13116 Lexington, KY 40583-3116 (859) 255-9233 (859) 255-3116 (fax) email: eqmedicaldrm@xxxxxxxxxx Mr. Joe Santarelli Mersant International Ltd. 158-12 Rockaway Blvd. Jamaica, NY 11434 (718) 978-8200 (718) 712-0771 (fax) email: joesr@xxxxxxxxxxx Ms. Cindy Schonholtz Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association 101 Pro Rodeo Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80919-9989 (719) 593-8840 (719) 548-4876 (fax) email: cschonholtz@xxxxxxxxxxxx Mr. Ward Stutz American Quarter Horse Association P. O. Box 200 Amarillo, TX 79168 (806) 376-4811 (806) 349-6409 (fax) email: wstutz@xxxxxxxx Mr. David Switzer Kentucky Thoroughbred Association 4079 Iron Works Pkwy. Lexington, KY 40511-8483 (859) 381-1414 (859) 233-9737 (fax) email: dswitzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx Dr. Peter Timoney University of Kentucky Dept. of Veterinary Science Lexington, KY 40546 (859) 257-4757 x81085 (859) 257-8542 (fax) email: ptimoney@xxxxxxx Mr. Dan Wall National Reining Horse Association 3000 NW 10th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73107-7302 (405) 946-7400 (405) 946-8410 (fax) email: dlwall@xxxxxxxx DO NOT SEND DOES NOT WISH TO BE CONTACTED Dr. Mary Giddens NA/WPN P. O. Box 866 Winchester, OR 97495 (541) 672-0858 (541) 672-5099 (fax) email: mhg@xxxxxxxxx __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! 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