Stupid Idea

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/09/17/news/wyoming/50-brand.txt" >Brand inspections for horses debated</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A proposal to make brand inspections optional for horses is being criticized by some horse owners – and by some brand inspectors, as well.<br />n<br />nThe Wyoming Legislative Brand Inspection Task Force voted last week to recommend that brand inspections be made optional for horses.</blockquote><br />n<br />nMaking brand inspection on horses optional is wrong. With the Federal government eying all livestock in the US for the <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> program, removing a very good program that is all ready working is wrong. It just gives the Federal government ammunition to shove Mandatory <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> down our throats. Wyoming needs to wake up and smell the horse manure and do the right thing. Keep the program in place for the good of all.<br />n<br />n<strong>An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it. Don Marquis</strong><br />n<br />