Most people don't see the teeth the Gov't already has and their ignorance results in apathy. I've seen more than my fair share of this regulation first hand and much of it is insane.
Many may remember a few years ago CT was divided on whether we should have mandatory registration and tagging for cattle since we were told the EU wouldn't purchase our beef if we didn't go to this. The pro-registration people often cited the great system the UK has in place and said we should do something similar. I was against this for several reasons but was open to learn just what the livestock producers in the UK thought of their great system so I asked a few and learned it was utter nonsense and they hated it. You can't even move livestock from one property to another without a permit and lord forbid you have to move them across a county line. Oh, and YOU cannot even move them yourself unless you are a certified licensed livestock hauler and at the you have to have a government person on site when they are loaded and another waiting at the site you will unload.
Just another way to emasculate us for control.