{"id":4262,"date":"2018-02-21T12:29:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T19:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=4262"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:23","slug":"idaho-horse-council-equine-brand-inspections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=4262","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Horse Council – Equine Brand Inspections"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From: Idaho Horse Council [ idahohorsecouncil@yahoo.com ]<\/strong>
\n Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 12:00 PM<\/strong>
\n Subject: Idaho Brand Inspection<\/strong><\/p>\n

Members we need your help!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Representative Judy Boyle will be introducing a Bill soon that will eliminate the need to get a Brand Inspection on equine in Idaho.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She did not make the industry aware of this bill, nor why she felt the need to try and eliminate Brand Inspections for Equine in Idaho.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please contact Representative Boyle and your legislature representative. It\u2019s important the Industry for the following reasons to continue to have Brand Inspections. Please post on face book pages and email your equine friends and please Call or email your representatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Representative Judy Boyle jboyle@house.idaho.gov<\/strong>
\n Home (208) 355-3225<\/strong>
\n Bus (208) 355-3225<\/strong>
\n FAX (208) 355-3225<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>H602 Statement of Purpose<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0H0602 brand inspections<\/a>
\nValue of Brand Inspections
\nBrands are livestock\u2019s return address. They are important because:
\n\u2022 They provide evidence of ownership
\n\u2022 They deter theft
\n\u2022 They enable brand inspectors and law enforcement personnel to return stolen or missing livestock to their owners
\n\u2022 They help resolve conflicts over ownership
\nDeters theft
\n\u2022 Helps determine ownership
\n\u2022 Enables brand inspectors and law enforcement personnel to return stolen or missing livestock to their owners
\n\u2022 Prevents unlawful sale or transport of livestock
\n\u2022 Facilitates commerce by providing a system of checks and balances that is well understood and valued in the marketplace
\n\u2022 Helps protect the livestock industry by putting trained personnel in the field to keep an eye on the industry<\/p>\n

Several of our surrounding States require a Brand Inspection to bring a horse into their State.
\nIn case of a disaster how would we find our livestock?<\/p>\n

If Brand inspection for Equine is eliminated the Idaho Horse Board would no longer be able to grant funds on a yearly basis ..Since 1989 the Idaho Horse Board has granted $478,495.for Research, Education and Promotion for Equine Groups in Idaho .<\/p>\n

If she eliminated brand inspections on Equine then would they need to reclassify the definition of livestock as the law now exists. Equine may no longer be classified as \u201cLivestock.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thank You
\nDebbie Amsden
\nExecutive Director
\nIdaho Horse Council
\n(208) 465-5477
\nidahohorsecouncil.com<\/p>\n

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BCHI Chapters: Idaho Brand Inspection<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directors and Presidents, please encourage your members to contact their State Legislators regarding this purposed bill which I have attached along with Boyle\u2019s Statement of Purpose for the Bill. Boyle states that passage of this bill would save the Brand Department $528,000 which I understand from a member of the Brand Board is not correct. I was told the savings would be about $300,000.<\/p>\n

The important point to the $300,000 is that what we currently pay for our equine brand inspections does not cover the full cost of conducting these inspections. Therefore other brand inspection fees, such as cattle, are used to subsidize ours which means someday we should expect to pay our true costs.<\/p>\n

Bill Conger
\nBCHI Chairman
\n208-369-0768
\nchairman@bchi.org<\/p>\n

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              From: Idaho Horse Council [ idahohorsecouncil@yahoo.com ] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 12:00 PM Subject: Idaho Brand Inspection Members we need your help! Representative Judy Boyle will be introducing a Bill soon that will eliminate the need to get a Brand Inspection on equine in Idaho. She did […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-campfire","category-current-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4262"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4275,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262\/revisions\/4275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}