NAIS (National Animal Identification System)

“The National Animal Identification System (“NAIS”) poses a serious threat to all farmers, ranchers, livestock owners, and companion-animal owners, whether they are organic or conventional, small or large, involved with animals for business or for pleasure. If it is made mandatory, every person with even one horse, cow, chicken, pig, goat, sheep, or virtually any other livestock animal on their premises will be required to register their homes and property into a database and subject their property and animals to government surveillance.”

This statement was taken from the:
Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance site who are fighting to save family farms and individuals from expensive and unnecessary government regulation.

Also have a look at the site Liberty Ark Coalition which is working to stop the NAIS.  They describe their mission:

“The Coalition believes that the best solution is an entirely private, market-driven program, in which government involvement is limited to protecting citizens from fraud and abuse by corporate activity in the market place.”