National Animal Identification System hold one or more heads of livestock including horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, deer and camels, though the NLIS will not confirm ownership of livestock. The system originates from a cattle-tracing system introduced in Australia in the 1960s to help fight bovine tuberculosis. The Australian system has over 11,000,000 phantom livestock in the system that do not exist. This system costs farmers money because of the increased handling time and lost margins when tags do not match in the system resulting in lower payments to farmers. New Zealand is planning a similar National Animal Identification and Tracing system. National Animal
Animal Rights National Conference evening receptions, Awards Banquet, and the closing party. Beginning in 2000, animal rights conference presenters have inducted national leaders, authors, or other key agents of change to the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame. The following people were named to the Hall of Fame in the corresponding year: 2000: 2001: 2002: 2003: 2004: 2005: 2006: 2007: 2008: 2009 2010: 2011: 2012: 2013: 2014: 2015: 2016: Other recognitions presented at the conference include the Henry Spira Grass Roots Animal Activist Award, the Young Animal Activist Award, and the Vegan Celebrity Award. FARM’s 1981 Action for Life conference provided the springboard for