The government cannot control anything without the permission and cooperation of an American!
Remember the "CB radio" rage and the FCC required everyone to have a "license" to have a CB in the car or truck, and to display their numbers? So many Americans told the FCC to go to hell, that the FCC finally said uncle, and made exceptions to CB radios. It was virtually impossible to enforce.
Our County does not even know how many dogs are in the County, or, which ones are properly licensed. Why in the world would anyone tell the Fed. Gov. about your farm, and how many animals you have on your property?
Can we all say "civil war" if freddys attempt to enter private land and demand Americans animals be tagged. Nice dream, but, reality is, most Americans will tell them to go to hell again!
That is true. But people are already being criminalized.
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Man jailed for refusing to tag Ohio native reptiles
Associated Press
LANCASTER, Ohio - A man spent three days in the Fairfield County Jail last month for failing to put identification tags on his 10-year-old daughter's pet turtles and snakes.
Terry Wilkins, 51, is the first Ohioan to serve jail time for violating a 2000 state wildlife-preservation law that, among other things, requires owners of Ohio native reptiles to tag them.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says a personal-integrated transponder tag slightly larger than a grain of rice must be inserted under the reptile's skin using a syringe. The chip contains a bar code readable by a hand-held scanner so that the pet's owner can be identified.
Wilkins, owner of a pet store in Columbus, claims the tagging often kills animals, causes them to develop lesions or become infertile.
Wilkins had allowed his daughter to keep eight turtles and four snakes at their home. When a state Wildlife inspector told Wilkins he would have to tag the pets and he refused, he wound up in court.
Fairfield County Municipal Court Judge Patrick Harris sentenced Wilkins to 90 days in jail, suspending all but three days. Wilkins was in jail Nov. 15-17.
Jim Quinlivan, law enforcement administrator for the Division of Wildlife, doesn't agree that tagging animals harms or kills them. On the contrary, he said, transponder tagging is the standard used by collectors, vendors, breeders and regulators for quite some time.
Quinlivan said the law has been beneficial in helping track native Ohio reptiles, curbing illegal collection in the wild and protecting rare species.
For Wilkins' daughter, Keiko, it means she must part with pets she's had since she was a toddler. They will go to a family friend in Florida.
Attorney Attacks Law Used In Prosecution Of Farmers
MUNCIE, Ind. -- The defense attorney for the owner of a Delaware County hog farm is challenging the constitutionality of a law which prosecutors have used to seek criminal charges against farmers after long disputes with state environmental regulators.
Jacobus "John" Tielen is fighting felony charges that claim he knowingly, intentionally or recklessly violate an environmental management law, rule, standard, permit or order in operating his farm near Eaton, about 10 miles north of Muncie.
Defense attorney Scott Shockley has asked a judge to dismiss the charges, arguing that the law was "hopelessly broad" and vague. Shockley also argued that the state Legislature -- not state agencies -- needed to define criminal acts.
A hearing on the motion was scheduled for Monday, but was delayed by Delaware Circuit Court Judge John Feick until April 12 at the request of prosecutors.
IDEM spokeswoman Amy Hartsock said the agency stressed "compliance assistance as much as possible." But she said that it was not fair to those who abide by the law "to not take action against a party who repeatedly refuses to cooperate and accept our assistance."