Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- July 24, 2007
Survey to assess horse owners' willingness to accept electronic ID system (:51)
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Suggested Intro:
PENNSYLVANIA'S HORSE COMMUNITY COULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM AN ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, BUT MANY HORSE OWNERS ARE RELUCTANT TO SIGN THEIR ANIMALS UP. A SURVEY BY PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SEEKS TO SORT OUT THE PROS AND CONS. GARY ABDULLAH HAS THE STORY:
Story:
(:19) THE NATIONAL ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION DATABASE WOULD USE IMPLANTED MICROCHIPS TO HELP ANIMAL OWNERS AND HEALTH AUTHORITIES RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO EVERYTHING FROM DISEASE OUTBREAKS TO WEATHER EMERGENCIES. PENN STATE EXTENSION HORSE SPECIALIST ANN SWINKER SAYS SOME PENNSYLVANIA HORSE OWNERS ARE REJECTING THE NEW TECHNOLOGY EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALREADY PROVED ITS VALUE:
Swinker Actuality:
(:17) "WHERE THIS PROCEDURE WORKED REALLY WELL WAS DOWN SOUTH DURING THE KATRINA STORMS; HUNDREDS OF HORSES WERE DISPLACED, AND WERE RESCUED. AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE HORSES WERE MICROCHIPPED AND THEY COULD IDENTIFY WHO THE OWNERS WERE AND WHERE THE HORSE ORIGINATED FROM VERY QUICKLY."(:15) TO GAUGE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, SWINKER IS SURVEYING 4-H HORSE CLUB MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. YOU CAN SEE THE SURVEY ONLINE AT D-A-S DOT P-S-U DOT E-D-U SLASH EQUINE. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.
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