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The good news or bad news - depending on how you look at it - it will 
all be overcome by events when the feds start tracking interstate 
movement of horses. It won't be long till they will have to be chipped 
for interstate travel. It's coming. Since FL uses one of the two USDA 
approved livestock tracking databases, any state will have a hell of a 
time claiming that FL form of ID is not sufficient.

FL horses have gone on line, we have E-Coggins and E-health 
certificates. My vet digitally signs them - digital signatures are 
recogonized by the federal government as legal and binding so by default 
they are recogonized by all states. My Coggins comes as a PDF file from 
my vet that I print out. Same for my health certificates. The databasce 
contains all the health info and records on the horses and photos of the 
horses. If they are chipped - that info is in there alos. When I leave 
or enter FL, the ag officer can pull up the record and check the picture 
on file against the the horse. FL was the test case and now 5 other 
states are coming on line. Eventually all will be required by the USDA 
to use it and it will be used to track the interstate movement of 
horses. That is the wave of the future.

Up till now I've not had a problem, but if I do, I'll pay them for 
whatever they think they need and file a complaint when I get back home. 
I suspect at some level there are agreements between most states on the 
interstate transport of livestock.

Truman



Double 8 Ranch wrote:

>  
> So, bottom line, there are 'good' brand inspectors and 'nasty, power 
> hungry brand inspectors' out there. They DO have the power to make 
> your life miserable. Even if you 'win' in the end, it could sure screw 
> up your trip.
>  



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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm 
not sure about the former."  Albert Einstein





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