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TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1986

ANYONE WHO BRINGS IN AN ENDANGERED SPECIES WITHOUT THE PRIUR AUTHOR ISATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES IS LIABLE TO PROSECUTION.

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+LAST YEAR, 302 PEOPLE WERE PROSECUTED FOR BRINGING INTO HONG KONG ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS INCLUDING LIVE AND THERE HAVE BEEN 104 STUFFED SPECIMENS AS WELL AS MEAT AND SKIN. CASES SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE LAW PROVIDES FOR A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5 000 FOR THE FIRST OFFENCE AND $10 000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT FOR A REPEAT OFFENCE. IN ADDITION, THE SPECIES INVOLVED WOULD BE FORFEITED,

THE DEPARTMENT HAS WRITTEN TO TRAVEL AGENCIES, AIRLINES AND SHIPPING COMPANIES, REQUESTING THE IR ASSISTANCE IN SPREADING ITS MESSAGE TO TRAVELLERS.

+POSTERS AND ADVISORY LEAFLETS HAVE ALSO BEEN SENT TO THEM FOR DISPLAY AT THE IR PREMISES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

DOGS ON FISHING BOATS TO BE INOCULATED

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THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL EXTEND ITS ANTI-RABIES INOCULATION DRIVE NEXT MONTH TO COVER FISHING VESSELS.

SPECIAL EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO INOCULATE DOGS ON BOARD VESSELS ABERDEEN, SHAU KEI WAN, CHEUNG CHAU, SAI KUNG, CASTLE PEAK BAY, SHA TAŬ KOK AND SAM MUN TSAI. BOAT-TO-BOAT VISITS WILL BE MADE BETWEEN AUGUST 4 AND 14, FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM.

AN INOCULATION DRIVE WILL ALSO BE CARRIED OUT IN RURAL VILLAGES IN TAI PO AND AT FISH CULTURE ZONES IN SAI KUNG.

THE TAI PO VILLAGES WHICH THE DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE INOCULATION TEAMS WILL VISIT INCLUDE HA TEI HA, WONG YUE TAN, TING KOK, FUNG YUEN, HA HANG, SHA LO TUNG LEE, SHA LO TUNG CHEUNG AND PING SHAN CHA1.

+ APART FROM THESE RURAL VILLAGES, THE MOBILE TEAMS WILL CALL ON MARICULTURE RAFTS IN THE FISH CULTURE ZONES OF PO TO1 0 AND TIN HA WAN,+ A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

DOG OWNERS IN THE VILLAGES, FISH CULTURE ZONES AND FISHING PORTS HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE FULL USE OF THE MOBILE SERVICE TO HAVE THEIR PETS INOCULATED AND LICENSED.

+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 A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5 000 PLUS SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT ON CONVICTION, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT.

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