SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1977
BOAT DWELLERS URGED TO BEWARE OF RABIES
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THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HAS URGED BOAT DWELLERS OF THE FISHING COMMUNITY TO BEWARE OF RABIES AND TO HAVE THE IR DOGS INOCULATED AGAINST THE DISEASE.
A SPOKESMAN OF. THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE FISHING COMMUNITY SHOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THEIR DOGS LICENSED AND IMMUNISED AGAINST THE DISEASE DURING THE RABIES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
THE CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS AIMED AT THE FLOATING POPULATION, WAS LAUNCHED ON DECEMBER 6 WITH THE HELP OF THE MARINE POLICE.
IT WILL END ON DECEMBER 16.
IN THE CAMPAIGN. THE MARINE POLICE LAUNCHES CARRY STAFF OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TO VARIOUS BOAT PEOPLE AREAS WITHIN HONG KONG WATERS TO PROVIDE DOG INOCULATION AND LICENSING SERVICES.
POLICE LAUNCHES WILL ALSO VISIT EACH LOCATION THE DAY BEFORE TO CONVEY THE CAMPAIGN MESSAGES THROUGH A PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM.
IN THE PAST FOUR DAYS, THE CAMPAIGN TEAM HAS VISITED SEVEN BOAT PEOPLE AREAS AND WILL CALL AT SEVEN MORE LOCATIONS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE OBJECT OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF THE FLOATING POPULATION OF THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH RABIES AND TO ADVISE THEM OF THE NEED TO VACCINATE AND LICENSE THEIR DOGS.
+RABIES IS A VIRUS DISEASE AFFECTING THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF WARM BLOODED ANIMALS, INCLUDING MAN AND DOGS,+ HE EXPLAINED.
+ THE DISEASE IS EXTREMELY PAINFUL AND CAN BE FATAL. ONCE SYMPTOMS DEVELOP, IN MAN OR ANIMALS, THERE IS NO SURE CURE,+ HE ADDED.
HE ADVISED THE FLOATING POPULATION TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE VISITS TO HAVE THE IR DOGS INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES IN THE INTEREST OF THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR PETS.
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