11.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1987
STRAY SWEEPING IN RABIES INFECTED AREA
* * * * *
A SERIES OF INTENSIVE STRAY SWEEPING OPERATIONS IN THE
RABIES INFECTED
WERE COMPLETED AREA DESIGNATED TA KWU LING (THURSDAY).
NEWLY TODAY
A RABIES CASE WAS THE OPERATIONS WHCIH BEGAN ON MAY 27 WHEN
KWU LING WERE CARRIED OUT IN UNCOWED IN SING PING SAN CHUEN, TA DIFFERENT HOURS OF THE DAY IN 21 VILLAGES. A TOTAL OF SIX DOG CONTROL TEAMS WERE MOBILISED.
VILLAGERS, LOCAL
OUR
OPERATIONS
HAD
UP
IN THE
AND
"WITH THE SUPPORT FROM BEEN SUCCESSFUL, RESULTING IN A TOTAL OF 29 DOGS BEING ROUNDED
TO OUR DOG CONTROL STAFF AND 316 SURRENDERED VOLUNTARILY
AGRICULTURE INFECTED AREA," THE SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICER OF THE FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, DR NORMAN CHENG SAID.
THE
OFF GREATER SPARKED RABIES OUTBREAK RECENT
322 THE PERIOD, DURING AWARENESS OF THE DEADLY DISEASE.
717 UNWANTED REQUESTED THE DEPARTMENT TO DISPOSE OF A TOTAL OF AND 19 CATS TERRITORY WIDE.
PUBLIC
PEOPLE
DOGS
THE
IN ADDITION, 441 BITER CASES WERE REPORTED TO
TO OVER
FOUR THE
GOVERNMENT HANDED ANIMALS OBSERVATION.
THE POLICE AND FOR KENNELS
OF THE
NECESSITY TOWARDS THIS AIM
ΤΟ
CURB
HAVE
HE SAID.
AWARENESS PUBLIC "THE INCREASED FURTHER OUTBREAK AND THE PUBLIC CO-OPERATION CONTRIBUTED TO BRINGING THE DISEASE UNDER CONTROL,
NO
"I
EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE DEADLY THE DEPARTMENT WILL SPARE
MEASURES. THESE MEASURES INCLUDE DISEASE THROUGH STRINGENT CONTROL
BITER QUARANTINE OF IMPORTED DOGS AND CATS, COMPULSORY DETENTION OF
PROVISION OF FREE DOGS FOR OBSERVATION, STRAY DOG CONTROL AND INOCULATION SERVICES BY THE DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE INOCULATION TEAMS.
IN JUNE, THE TEAMS WILL VISIT VILLAGES IN TIN TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO DOG OWNERS THERE.
YUEN LONG AND
SHA
PIN THE RURAL VILLAGES IN YUEN LONG TO BE VISITING INCLUDE NAM
SHUI CHIU LO WAI, SAI PIN WAI, YEUNG UK TSUEN, SHUI CHIU SAN TSUEN, WAI, MA TIN TSUEN, TSUNG CHING SAN TSUEN, TAI KEI LING TSUEN AND PUI TSUEN.
SHAN
IN SHA TIN, THE TEAMS WILL BE VISITING VILLAGES OF FO
WONG CHUK TAN SQUATTER AREA, MAN HANG TSUEN, HO LEK PUI, LIU HANG, BUT TSZ WO, KWAI TI, LOK LO HA AND HO TUNG LAU.
TAN, FO
YEUNG,
WO