My Letter to the AKC regarding NAIS

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[momma_to_seven_chi]

This is what I wrote to the AKC in response to hearing that they are supporters of the National Animal Id System- which will affect ALL animal owners.

If you don't want your animal(s) forcibly chipped & tracked, ETC. then shoot your own email right on over there. Their website is akc.org
Their phone no. is 919.233.9767


I didn't know that they supported NAIS, but I do know the AKC makes big bucks from selling CAR program chips (home again?). I don't think your letter will make a lot of difference to them, since they tend to look at dollar signs rather than opinions. Their membership has drastically fallen since introducing the crooked limited registration idea. They are making money any way they can.

I am curious how people feel that chipping a dog can support NAIS? It is done for an ID not for tracking systems so much, isn't it? Maybe I am missing the point. Scrapies tags that track livestock movements scares me more than the dog chip, so I must not be seeing the bigger picture.

[Anon001]

I am curious how people feel that chipping a dog can support NAIS? It is done for an ID not for tracking systems so much, isn't it? Maybe I am missing the point. Scrapies tags that track livestock movements scares me more than the dog chip, so I must not be seeing the bigger picture.
Momma,
You are absolutely correct. The chip has nothing to do with NAIS. NAIS is strictly for "livestock" not pets, not dogs, cats, etc. The chips are just an id. They can contain different types of info. They can contain nothing more than a pedigree or they can contain pedigrees, owner's info, etc.

Some people just tend to lean towards conspiracies on everything. Chipping is not new. It has been around for almost 20 years.

[momma_to_seven_chi]

this document- the Akc delegates annual report- may explain AKC's involvement- they were having trouble financially...



They had a lot of whining from their "members" wanting that limited registration. People would sell a dog, then get angry when the new owners would breed the dog. With limited registrations they felt they were cutting down on any competition in selling their breed. But the AKC didn't foresee the backlash that their limited registration has caused to their own organization. People simply went to new kennel clubs to register the dogs. Numbers of AKC registrations drastically dropped. Now their finances are in trouble. Their registration numbers have been dropping for many years now. And the whole attitude of the organization has changed too. Years back, it was a neighborly, friendly (maybury type) organization. Now it is almost a rude and arrogant feeling you get from the shows. I don't even go to shows any more because the feeling is so different than it was thirty years ago. It's just not that friendly, "everyone is welcome" feel anymore.

The original whiners who convinced the AKC to create a LR started trying to write civil contracts that would make people not breed the dogs they sold them. Some even tried altering the pups before they sold them. (they just couldn't sell them very well that way) The whole thing revolves around greed. You can't patent a breed of dog. If you want the money for selling the dog, then the new owners have the right to the reproduction status of that dog. Dogs are property, and when money is exchanged, property rights change hands.

Anyway, the whole reason the AKC started trying to branch out into more business ventures is simply financial. They would love to be the only kennel club, have all rights over any registration of animals, etc in the states. In the same way, rescues/shelters, HSUS would love to be the only provider of pets in the states. It really has nothing to do with animal rights and everything to do with money. Peta/HSUS is all about money and political clout to push an agenda. They just think the "animal rights" agenda is a popular "fuzzy" one. Both PETA and HSUS kill dogs by the hundreds. That isn't "saving" them.

As long as cash is ruling the world of pets, you will see them ALL do anything to make a buck, including pushing the sale of microchips. Pets in the US are a big market-- food, toys, registrations, medications and vetting, and even microchips. The AKC is just as much about making money as PETA or HSUS is about making money.