1.   But sheep which cross national barriers, such as slaughter lambs for France, must carry a flock mark and for practical reasons that almost certainly means ear tags.

2.   But ministry specialists believe that ear tags will be compulsory for all lambs exported for slaughter.

3.   Auctioneers would have to face the problem of liability over CIDs and have to engage extra staff to check cattle ear tags with CIDs.

4.   Apart from tool handles and spectacle frames, Dexel is used for a variety of end products, including hair ornaments, pens and livestock ID ear tags.

5.   At some point, the original ear tags rotted out.

6.   Central to the system are electronic ear tags that trip sensors that record how often and how much animals eat.

7.   It was there that Carney captured Chocolate Legs and her son, applied the ear tags and the collar and collected the telltale hair samples.

8.   Making a positive identification of each individual would require trapping every bear and fitting it with an ear tag or radio collar, a difficult and expensive undertaking.

9.   Sheep ranchers say if a sickly animal dies at night, there will be nothing but fleece and a plastic ear tag left by morning.

10.   The reindeer are marked with colored plastic ear tags but, more importantly, have far less endurance than their wild cousins.