>>>Are they demanding that our foreign suppiers tag and database their animals, too?
Yes they are. Matter of fact, this NAIS thing came about from this:
http://nationalpropertyowners.org/nais.html
FAQ on NAIS
Ø Animal Identification originated as a result of the United States making trade agreements with the European Union and WTO
Office of Journal of the European Communities 24.4.8
Council Decision of 16 March 1998: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/1998/l_118/l_11819980421en00030063.pdf
Annex Agreement- Commission Decision of 28 November 2003: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2003/l_316/l_31620031129en00200023.pdf
Ø All pets must be electronically identified according to our EU/WTO
http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/animal/identification/pets/index_en.htm
Ø The government can hold, seize, quarantine, treat, destroy, dispose of, and take other remedial action with respect to animals
US Code Title 7 Chapter 109, 8306.a.1.B,
(more at link: http://nationalpropertyowners.org/nais.html )
do you really trust that the government is doing the right thing? That government "experts" will act properly and not use the program to further their own personal goals and ideas?