TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1987
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PUBLIC URGED TO HELP SOLVE STRAY DOG PROBLEM
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DOG OWNERS WERE URGED TO HELP ERADICATE THE STRAY DOG PROBLEM IN HONG KONG BY KEEPING THE IR PETS UNDER CONTROL AT ALL TIMES AND BY HANDING UNWANTED DOGS TO THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICER, DR NORMAN CHENG, WHEN ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF A DISTRICT ANTI-RABIES INOCULATION DRIVE TO BE CARRIED OUT IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS IN SAI KUNG AND SHA TIN.
HE SAID THAT INOCULATION AND CONTROL OF STRAY DOGS WERE THE PRIMARY WAYS TO PREVENT A RABIES OUTBREAK.
+THE DEPARTMENT HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL ANTI-RABIES INOCULATION CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR, COVERING MORE THAN 43 530 DOGS, AN INCREASE OF 55 PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 28 136 DOGS.
+DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE DEPARTMENT'S DOG CONTROL UNIT ROUNDED UP 15 218 STRAYS COMPARED WITH 12 980 STRAYS IN 1985. THE INCREASING NUMBER OF STRAYS IS POSING A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
+THE MAJORITY OF STRAY DOGS ARE THOSE LET LOOSE OR ABANDONED BY THEIR OWNERS. | URGE OWNERS TO REFRAIN FROM DOING SO TO MINIMISE THE POTENTIAL RISK.+
HE SAID THAT ANY DOG OWNER WHO ALLOWED HIS DOG TO ROAM FREELY ON A PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE WAS COMMITTING AN OFFENCE UNDER THE DOGS AND CATS ORDINANCE AND WOULD BE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5 000 AND TO IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.
DR CHENG SAID AN INOCULATION DRIVE WOULD BE MOUNTED IN SAI KUNG IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS WHILE THE DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE INOCULATION TEAMS WOULD ALSO VISIT VILLAGES IN SHA TIN AND YUEN LONG THIS MONTH.
THE SAI KUNG VILLAGES INCLUDE PAK KONG, TSIU HANG, TUI MIN HOI CHE KENG TUK, HO CHUNG, PAK WAI, PAK SHA WAN, KAU SAI SAN TSUEN, TA HO TUN, SHA HA, TAI MONG TSA, WONG KENG TE, WO MEI, NAM WAI, PAK KONG AU, PO LO CHE, WONG YI CHAU, PAK TAM CHUNG, PING TUN, TIT KIM HANG, TAI PO TSAI, TAM WAT, WONG CHUK WAN AND NGONG WO.
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THE VILLAGES IN SHA TIN ARE SHA HA WAI, TSOK POK HANG, FUI YIU HA, SHA TIN WAI, TO SHEK TSUEN, CHAP WAI KON, NGAU PEI SHA, SIU LEK YUEN, WONG NAI TAU, TAI CHE, TAI NAM LIU, SHEK KWU LUNG, A KUNG KOK, MUI TSZ LAM, TAI SHUI HANG, MA ON SHAN, WU KAI SHA, SHA TIN TAU AND SHA TIN TAU SUN TSUEN.
THE YUEN LONG VILLAGES ARE SHEK WU TONG, KAM TS IN WAI, TA SHEK WU, NG KA TSUEN, PANG KA TSUEN, TSAT SING KONG, TAI KONG PO AND CHEUNG KONG TSUEN.
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