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WLIC Questions

  01. What is WLIC?
  02. What is a consortium?
  03. Who are the members of WLIC?
  04. How is WLIC organized?
  05. Why a Wisconsin Initiative?

Wisconsin Questions

01. Why should Wisconsin farmers care about animal identification?
02. How can I help in the effort?

National Questions

  01. What is national animal identification?
  02. Why do we need national animal identification?
  03. What are the three steps to a national animal identification system?
  04. What do these three steps of national identification mean?
  05. What is the NAIS?
  06. How did this effort start?

Livestock Premises Questions

  01. How do I register a premises?
  02. What was the law the governor signed about premises registration?
  03. Does registering my premises increase my liability?
  04. When should I register my premises?
  06. What is a premises?
  07. Single premises or multiple premises registration for a single operation with multiple sites?
  08. Does signing up my premises obligate me to participate in the next steps?
  09. How secure is the database?
  11. How does premises registration affect county fairs?
  12. What species are included in the WI Premises Registration Act?
  13. Are horses included in this effort?
  14. I just received my premises registration card, what do I do with my premises ID card?
  15. What do I need to do to renew?
  16. What will this premises ID be used for?
  17. What if I have not received my premises ID card yet?
  18. I would like to have more premises ID cards, what do I do?
  19. What if my information changes? For example, I get another species on my farm or change my phone number?

Animal ID Questions

  01. What exactly do you mean by animal identification?
  02. What exactly do you mean by animal tracking?
  03. Why is WLIC doing pilot projects?
  04. What pilot projects has WLIC funded?

Species Specific Questions

  01. Sheep producers: Do I need to register my premises if I already have a scrapies number?
  02. Do dogs and cats count?
  03. Are pheasants included in the premises registration act?