Apocalyptic Hope ............ Animals Page one ............................ Page 3

Animal ID continued .... page TWO
Continued Digital Angel ; chip implants, tags for animals; sensors

News articles ( many relating to eTags) :

Federal Monitoring with Digital Angel -- Feb. 28, 2004
The essence of VeriChip is Digital Angel technology, said [Jay] McKeage. (Company-spokesman)
Targeting government as lucrative market has long been a strategy of Applied Digital and its subsidiaries. Most recently, in September of 2003, ADS retained the services of Stanley L. Reid, to market VeriChip implants to federal agencies.
While Applied's Digital Angel works to promote its animal tracking technology to the government, and ADS subsidiary Government Telecommunications Inc continues to score federal contracts, Reid is promoting VeriChip as a way to control authorized access to government installations and private-sector buildings. Included in the marketing campaign are nuclear power plants, national research laboratories, airports and seaports.
ADS representatives tout VeriChip as a stand-alone, "tamper-proof" personal verification technology which can also form an elemental part of a multi-faceted approach to security which could include the use of standard ID badges, smart cards and advanced biometric devices .
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37347

Multi-directional walk-through antenna--March 18, 2004
The antenna incorporates a new design that enables easier and more accurate scanning of animals, eliminating many of the technical challenges associated with scanning animals that can result from differing tag placements and random animal movement. The multi-directional walk-through antenna
Digital Angel also designs and develops the software integration tools necessary to tie all these components together into a seamless system for recording the location and movement of identified animals. The antenna will be marketed as an integral part of an automatic system for monitoring cattle and other livestock while they are processed throughout their lifecycle, which should make the industry more efficient in its animal movement tracking capability."

Digital Angel has been building on its existing technology base in anticipation of a nationally mandated cattle tracking program in the U.S., as well as in Canada, which has already committed to the implementation of an RFID cattle program in 2005. This and other patents should allow Digital Angel to maintain its technology leadership position in this important market segment."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040318/lath046_1.html

National Livestock Identification Act -- Feb. 26, 2004
McCollum's National Livestock Identification Act (H.R. 3822) calls for the Secretary of Agriculture to immediately establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system.
McCollum's legislation allows the Secretary of Agriculture to consider existing technologies. The measure also provides assistance to farmers and producers in their efforts to comply with such a tracking system.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040226/lath037_1.html

Pets need European passport by July 1, 2004
"your doggie-papers, please"
http://euobs.com/?aid=13711&rk=1

Animal Identification Program---US AIP by July 2004
http://usaip.info/.

AVID ...American Veterinery Identification Devices (animal verification ID)
Norco, California

Same chip they put in humans...only in humans the numbering would be different.
( Social Security number ?)

AVID's "Friend Chip" "AVID Friend Chip" microchips.
For readers who are not aware of this pet-saving technology, a microchip is a tiny computer chip that has an identification number programmed into it. The microchip is encapsulated within biocompatible material. Because the AVID Friend Chip is inert and biocompatible, there is virtually no chance of the animal's body developing an allergy or rejecting the microchip.

The microchip is administered with a hypodermic needle between the dog's shoulder blades, just under the skin. Literature provided by AVID states that the procedure is not painful and that most pets do not react to it. However, both Crea and Sophie had been anesthetized for other procedures when their microchips were administered. Crea's was done during a tooth cleaning, and Sophie got "chipped" when she was spayed.

Every microchip has a unique identification number. No two animals ever have the same number. To date, more than 17,000 microchip scanners have been distributed to veterinarians and shelters throughout the United States. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/style/family/dogtalk/s_203021.html

RFID microchip permanent identification technology
http://www.avidid.com/index.html

An AVID remote frequency identification (RF/ID) chip.
Each one has its own unique ID number. Powerhouse Museum collection

This fat syringe is used to put the chip under an animal's skin. It doesn't hurt though.
Powerhouse Museum collection.



An AVID chip reader. It gives a readout of the ID number and can be plugged directly into a computer.
Powerhouse Museum collection.

Refugee tagging with AVID
http://www.phm.gov.au/hsc/refugee/AVID.htm

e.Tags --- Gate to Plate and Ranch to Retail
Digital Angel gets into the Food Business .... April 17-2002
Digital Angel, which is 82 percent beneficially owned by Applied Digital Solutions , has been commissioned to provide its proprietary [ specially tailored ] technology and technical assistance to design and implement a livestock- tracing program.

e.Tags to monitor food supply-- Dec. 26, 2003
Dec. 26, 2003-- Digital Angel Corporation announced today that Scott R. Silverman, its Vice-Chairman, and
Kevin Nieuwsma, President of its RFID Division will conduct an interview with CEOcast, Inc., a leading financial web site, where they will discuss applications for Digital Angel's Meat Safety Systems.

In the interview, the executives are expected to discuss the systems designed to fulfill stringent livestock traceability needs, capturing and furnishing detailed digital information about an animal's origins, location and status. Digital Angel's systems for minimizing the human health effects of mad cow and other diseases are an outgrowth of the nearly six decades Digital Angel has spent developing patented animal ID information systems for the livestock and companion pet industries.
The system features patented RFID implantable microchips, e.Tags(TM), scanning systems, global positioning, biosensors and software for frictionless data collection. Utilizing computer-based technology, it facilitates more rapid isolation and destruction of diseased animals and accelerates the removal of tainted product from distribution.

Digital Angel's products have received animal FDA clearance for use in animals and have been used for Canada's National Cattle Identification Program since 2000. The company has been testing its most advanced products for livestock traceability in rigorous field trials with some of the United States' largest food processing companies and is currently selling products. In addition to being a valuable food safety verification tool, the computerized systems allow producers to automatically collect, report and store data on individual animals, personnel, and husbandry practices.
Among the specific benefits are:
(1) individual animal quality and productivity reports;
(2) inventory control and supply chain management;
(3) herd health journals;
(4) carcass-tracking; and
(5) individual and farm labor efficiency reports
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031226/265027_1.html

PigSMART e.Tags --- June 8, 2004....... implanted microchip ( no GPS, local scanning only )
swine producer Protein Sources LLP has agreed to install the PigSMART(TM) swine tracking system ( local only ) in all its owned and managed commercial sow farms. Based in Mapleton, MN, Protein Sources owns or manages over 20 sow farms, with each farm managing between 1,200 and 6,000 sows
Digital Angel's proprietary PigSMART system features the Company's patented radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchips, e.Tags(TM), scanning systems and software for frictionless data collection. The system incorporates the latest in wireless technology, web-enabled personal digital assistants (PDAs) and database design to provide utility and scalability, and provides real-time reports for immediate management decisions, trend analyses and performance assessments.

We believe PigSMART will help Protein Sources achieve its herd management efficiency goals and meet the data collection and information demands required by a large, low cost multi-farm system such as theirs." [Niels ] Fogt continued, "We're also looking forward to showcasing the PigSMART system for all industry participants later this week at the 2004 World Pork Expo, being held in Des Moines, IA, from June 10 to 12
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040608/latu031_1.html

Agriculture wants 300,000 eTags (rfid) from Digital Angel-- Oct. 7, 2003
Digital Angel Corp. (Nasdaq: DOC - News) has received orders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for more than 300,000 proprietary RFID animal tags and implantable microchips for use in Federal programs to study and eventually eradicate transmissible neurological conditions found in captive deer, elk and domestic sheep.
Its animal identification systems feature patented RFID implantable microchips, e.Tags(TM), scanning systems, global positioning, biosensors and software for frictionless data collection
The system also incorporates the latest in wireless technology, web-enabled PDAs and database design to provide utility and scalability. It provides "real-time" reports for immediate decisions, trend analyses and performance assessments.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031007/nytu097_1.html

e.Tags (TM) track bio-history and source on animals; Mandatory--May 22, 2003
SO. ST. PAUL, Minn., May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The chief executive officer of Digital Angel Corp. (Amex: DOC - News) said the company's wireless microchip meat safety systems are specifically designed to fulfill stringent livestock traceability needs, capturing and furnishing detailed digital information about an animal's origins, location and status.

Digital Angel Corp. latest system's feature patented RFID implantable microchips, e.Tags(TM), scanning systems, global positioning biosensors, and software for frictionless data collection.
Being computer-based, they facilitate more rapid isolation and destruction of diseased animals and quicken removal of tainted product from distribution.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030522/nyth088_1.html

Digital Angel tracks animals for food safety --Sept. 17, 2003
At a news conference held earlier today at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. and attended by government officials, VeriPrime, Inc., Burger King Corp., Swift & Co., ConAgra Cattle Feeding Co., Consolidated Beef Producers, and other food industry leaders launched the VeriPrime food safety system.

VeriPrime is a member-owned and member-directed food safety and food security organization providing a framework that brings together all segments of the industry in a way that enables improvement through cooperation without interfering with competition. VeriPrime is led by founder and CEO, Scott Crain, DVM. The initial focus will be on beef industry issues. These include improved E.coli protection, the beginning of a comprehensive animal identification and tracking system, verification of safeguards against cattle feed contamination and standards of animal welfare that exceed those now required by most grocery and restaurant chains.

Digital Angel is a leader in the U.S. animal identification market and is committed to help shape the future of the new industry. The Company is actively participating in the C.O.O.L. (Country-Of-Origin Labeling) program. Digital Angel Corporation has established business relationships and alliances with VeriPrime and other companies to maintain industry leadership in this newly evolving market.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030917/nyw144_1.html

aaahhhhh, at last, equality....... people, animals, objects
It is demeaning for man to be tracked like an animal, or like a commodity. We are not objects.
We are persons with an immortal soul, trackable by God alone. To submit to man's tracking system is to sink below the dignity of our creation. We are made in the image of God, and God has no VeriChip.

PigSMART e.TAGS (TM) ...this little piggy went to emarket----June 7-2002
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020607/nyf017_1.html (expired)

Marked like cattle ????
Nasdaq Halts Trading in Applied Digital Amid Heavy Action Recently in the Stock
By AARON ELSTEIN
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE
Digital Angel Corp., a South St. Paul, Minn., company in which Applied Digital owns an 82% stake. That release said Digital Angel had signed a 10-year contract with a Brazilian company to track cattle for an undisclosed amount of money. Investors had said that the contract underscored
the potential for Applied Digital's chip,
which is so far an unproven commodity. The recast release says: "In the future the products may include Digital Angel's tracking system," and the contract "does not use any products of Applied Digital Solutions.

Will a National crisis bring up the Mark of the Beast just like the Mad Cow crisis brought up implanted chips for ID and tracking of all livestock ? Time will tell.

Digital Angel rfid tracking in Canada--March 31, 2004
Compass Animal Health, Inc. and Destron Technologies; Impacting global market
Zeke Mejia, Digital Angel's Chief Technology Officer, commented, "Digital Angel has worked hard to get our RFID products validated in support of the initiative by The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) to make the transition to RFID ear tags for their national cattle identification program on January 1, 2005.
Digital Angel's Chief Executive Officer, Kevin McGrath
Julie Stitt, General Manager of CCIA, stated, "In addition to its RFID ear tags, Digital Angel's ISO-compliant scanners have demonstrated satisfactory performance in tag trials conducted at feedlots and at packing plants.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040331/law024_1.html

MAD COW Articles
bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, is found in a cow's nervous system. CJD
Scrapie disease in sheep

USDA plans to beef up livestock ID program --Jan 11, 2004
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/latimes_ts/20040111/ts_latimes/usdaplanstobeefuplivestockidsystem&e=5
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=2026&u=/latimes_ts/20040111/ts_latimes/usdaplanstobeefuplivestockidsystem&printer=1

Digital Angel Livestock Tracker-- Jan 5, 2004
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/gps-04a.html

Mad Cow brings on mandatory tracking -- Jan 2, 2004
http://www.abcnews4.com/news/stories/0104/115904.html

Scrapie disease in sheep a boon to Digital Angel --Dec. 31, 2003
With the national ID system on the fast track and millions of dollars in government contacts possibly at stake, shares of another company that has experience with scrapie, Digital Angel (DOC:AMEX - commentary - research), have attracted attention. Shares have been extremely volatile in recent sessions, jumping 55 cents, or 14.1%, to $4.44 on Tuesday, on 2.9 million shares, 29 times the normal daily volume.

While its cash position is tight, Digital Angel said its business prospects were solid. In an interview with TheStreet.com on Monday, Kevin Nieuwsma, president of the company's RFID division, said it has been in discussions with the USDA about the use of its tracking products. On Oct. 7, the company announced a deal to provide the USDA with 300,000 RFID tags and has already used the RFID devices to track millions of endangered fish for the Department of Energy.
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/markets/ericgillin/10134637.html
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/markets/ericgillin/10134637_2.html
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/markets/ericgillin/10134637_3.html

Administration takes aggressive action to number, track cows --December 31, 2003
Mrs. Veneman also said the government would speed up the implementation of a national animal-identification system to track the origins and destinations of animals and meat.
    "We're announcing fairly aggressive actions today. We think they are appropriate actions, but there will be follow-up measures that we will be assessing as we go forward," she said.

The federal measures are largely meant to prevent people from eating infected tissue and contracting the human version of the ailment, called new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a degenerative and fatal brain disorder.
    New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob is rare. As of Dec. 1, a total of 153 cases had been reported in the world: 143 from the United Kingdom, six from France, and one each from Canada, Ireland, Italy and the United States, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
http://www.washtimes.com/business/20031230-112842-9617r.htm

National Cattle Tracking and Identification program
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031229/295158_1.html
and
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031229/295115_1.html

Mad Cow helps companies with homing devices
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/markets/ericgillin/10134225.html

Mad Cow Trades Turn to Tracking Tech
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/031230/mad_cow_technology_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/031231/mad_cow_technology_2.html

Mad Cow rules the fate of Digital Angel
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/funds/ericgillin/10134331.html

Candles, soaps and skin cremes--Dec 30, 2003
Cow parts — including hooves, bones, fat and innards — are used in everything from hand cream and antifreeze to poultry feed and gardening soils.
Companies that use bone meal from cows to create fertilizers popular with rose growers may find themselves under the spotlight. At the height of Britain's mad cow epidemic in the 1990s, three victims of the human form of mad cow were found to be gardeners.
In 1996, the Royal Horticultural Society of London released an advisory, cautioning gardeners to wear face masks after it was reported that the dust from the bone-meal soil could carry the mutated protein.

Critics also speculate that while chickens cannot contract BSE, they could act as carriers of the disease if they pick up prions in their feed and are themselves processed into cattle feed. Consumer advocates have also questioned whether feed processing plants have all strictly separated cow feed from other feed produced at the same facilities.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-12-27-parts_x.htm

ARTICLES

USDA creating National ID for animals in 3 phases -- Dec. 11, 2003
The U.S. livestock industry is moving forward with plans to create a national animal identification system (ID) that can track livestock movements from birth to slaughter, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) official said last week.
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will publish within the next few months a proposed rule to establish a national livestock ID system, said Dr. John Wiemers, national ID coordinator for USDA-APHIS, at the Iowa Farm Bureau’s annual meeting Dec. 3.

The USDA is using the draft U.S. Animal Identification Plan developed by the National Food Animal Identification Task Force as a guide for creating a national livestock ID system.
The proposed U.S. Animal Identification Plan would provide standardized ID numbers, eartags and data collection.

1. Premises ID (farmhouse, plant etc.)
2. Unique Identifying number for each animal
3. Electronic tracking of all movements (from birth to slaughter)
APHIS will maintain a centralized database to collect all ID information under the proposed system. U.S. animal health officials will use the information only for animal disease control.
http://www.ifbf.org/publication/spokesman/story.asp?number=21999&type=News


GlobalVetLink Tracking System for animals -- Dec. 8, 2003..... Networking the Internet
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has signed an eight-year license with GlobalVetLink, which is located in Iowa State University's Research Park
Another benefit of the GlobalVetLink system is its ability to track movements of livestock in case of a foreign animal disease outbreak or a terrorist attack, Burkgren said.

"From a national security level, it offers so much more of a rapid response for state and federal veterinary officials" to track suspect livestock, he said.
The computerized system developed by GlobalVetLink allows a certificate of veterinary inspection to accompany an animal traveling across state lines. An electronic copy of the certificate can be transmitted to the destination state, probably arriving before the animal does.
The state's involved in the pilot project are California, Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin, Maher said. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-12-08-vet-track_x.htm

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