Can you answer any of these questions posed by other users? Think of it as a civic good deed. You can submit a short question too.

Answered by a visitor on Mar 21, 2009 1:00 PM - Short answer: yes. I suggest you read the text of the bill (it is reasonably short). Ostensibly, it refers only to horses (and other equines) that are destined for slaughter... so if you have horses for riding that will never be sent to a slaughterhouse, you shouldn't worry, yet. However, the bill establishes that it is up to the regulatory agencies (specifically, "the Secretary") to set up how exactly "tracing" should be performed, and in all likelihood this will mean mandatory implementation of NAIS across all farms and all breeds, instead of the "voluntary" NAIS program by USDA that is in place now. NAIS is not included by name in this legislation, but it is the most obvious vehicle to choose for implementation of the animal tracing that would be required by this bill.