Accurate?

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/18/build/business/45-ear-tags.inc">Researchers find ear tags accurate</a><br />n<br />nWho are these researchers trying to fool.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>They tracked cattle, with 90 percent accuracy, from a ranch in one state to a pasture in another state to a feedlot in a third.</blockquote><br />n<br />nNow I admit I have never been a fan of the whole Herd Identification System (HIS) that is being forced down cattleman's throats but 90% accuracy does not meet what is required for the system. The whole idea is to identify 100% of the cattle at all times so there should be nothing less than 100% accuracy. <br />n<br />n<blockquote>"It's possible to track them from stop to stop, but there will be issues like lost tags, tags that won't scan and calves sold through the auction market and split up that will be lost in the system," Clark said.</blockquote><br />n<br />nEverybody that questions the whole HIS asks about lost tags and tags that don't work and have been reassured by the Government that it won't happen, the technology is foolproof. Look at the proof of these researchers that say it happens.<br />n<br />nIf this is all the better it can do why are we bothering to spend all the money? A brand does better than this and animals don't lose it. Accurate my dying ass, this just proves how screwed up the whole thing is.<br />n<br />n<b>Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do, and you get screwed. Chuck Palahniuk</b><br />n<br />