THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1986
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258 000 DOGS INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES
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MORE THAN 258 000 DOGS HAVE BEEN INOCULATED SINCE THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-RABIES INOCULATION DRIVE BEGAN IN OCTOBER 1980.
ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN NO RABIES OUTBREAK SINCE AUGUST 1984, THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IS STRICTLY ENFORCING CONTROL MEASURES TO PREVENT ANY RESURGENCE OF THE DISEASE.
THESE MEASURES INCLUDE THE QUARANTINE OF IMPORTED DOES AND CATS, CONTROL OF STRAY DOGS AND COMPULSORY DETENTION AND OBSERVATION OF ANIMALS WHICH HAVE BITTEN PEOPLE.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED THESE POINTS TODAY (THURSDAY) WHEN ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF A DISTRICT INOCULATION DRIVE TO BE MOUNTED IN TAI PO AND SAI KUNG NEXT MONTH,
THE DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE INOCULATION TEAMS WILL VISIT VILLAGES IN TAI PO FROM JUNE 2 TO 30 AND VILLAGES IN SAI KUNG FROM JUNE 3 TO 10.
APART FROM THE REMOTE RURAL VILLAGES, THEY WILL ALSO CALL ON MAR ICULTURE RAFTS IN THE FISH CULTURE ZONES OF AP CHAU, SAI LAU KONG, WONG WAN, LEUNG SHUEN WAN, KAU SAI, MA WAN, KAU LAU WAN, LO FU WAT, TUNG CHUNG AND PO TOI DURING THE PÉRIOD.
THE TA! PO VILLAGES INCLUDE SHUI WO, SHEUNG PAK NGAU SHEK, HA PAK NGAU SHEK, SHE SHAN TSUEN, TIN LIU HA, SAN TSUEN, LUNG A PA!, SAN TONG AND PING LONG.
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THE SAI KUNG VILLAGES ARE TAI HANG HAU, MANG KUNG UK, PAN LONG TAI WAN TAU AND PIK SHUI SUN TSUEN.
+THESE VISITS ARE BEING ARRANGED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES OF THE VILLAGES CONCERNED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
DOG OWNERS IN THESE VILLAGES AND FISH CULTURE ZONES SHOULD MAKE FULL USE OF THE MOBILE SERVICE TO HAVE THE IR PETS INOCULATED AND LICENSED, HE SAID.
+THE DOGS AND CATS ORDINANCE STIPULATES THAT ANY PERSON KEEPING A DOG OVER FIVE MONTHS' OLD WITHOUT A LICENCE WOULD BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION AND MAKE A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5 000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT ON CONVICTION, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT.
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