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FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1989

SPECIAL INOCULATION DRIVE FOR FISHERMEN'S DOGS

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FISHERMEN

THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL LAUNCH A SPECIAL DOG INOCULATION DRIVE IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS FOR

TO HAVE THEIR DOGS IMMUNISED AGAINST RABIES.

THE DRIVE, THE 18TH SINCE 1980,

THEIR FIND LITTLE TIME TO TAKE

AIMS TO HELP FISHERMEN WHO DOGS TO AN INOCULATION

OR CENTRE THE GOVERNMENT KENNEL FOR INOCULATION.

DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE DOG

STARTING FROM MONDAY (AUGUST 7), THE INOCULATION TEAMS WILL MAKE BOAT-TO-BOAT VISITS IN THE SEVEN FISHING FOR PORTS BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM DAILY. THE WHOLE OPERATION WILL LAST 15 DAYS UNTIL AUGUST 25.

PORTS IN SHA TAU KOK AND

FISHING THE TEAMS WILL VISIT THE CASTLE PEAK BAY ON AUGUST 7 AND 8, AND SAM MUN TSAI ON AUGUST 14 AND 15.

AUGUST THEY WILL ALSO CALL ON FISHING PORTS IN ABERDEEN ON

14 AND 15, CHEUNG CHAU ON AUGUST 16 AND 17, SHAU KEI WAN ON AUGUST 21 AND 22 AND SAI KUNG ON AUGUST 24 AND 25.

THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICER, DR NORMAN CHENG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE DRIVE IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF RABIES INTO KONG.

HONG

TOTAL OF

3,587

DOGS

A SINCE THE DRIVE WAS STARTED IN 1980, OWNED BY FISHERMEN HAVE BEEN INOCULATED, HE SAID.

"RABIES IS A DEADLY DISEASE TRANSMISSABLE FROM ANIMALS TO

AND DOGS HUMANS, AND

ON FISHING VESSELS ARE

VULNERABLE PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY

THEIR BEING IN CONTACT WITH OTHER ANIMALS OUTSIDE HONG KONG.

OF

"BY PROTECTING THEIR DOGS WITH INOCULATATION, FROTECT THEMSELVES.

PEOPLE

HELP

ΤΟ

DOGS ARE INOCULATED

TO KEEP UP

THE

"IT IS, THEREFORE, IMPORTANT THAT THEIR AGAINST THE DISEASE AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS IMMUNITY, DR CHENG ADDED.

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OWN DOGS

HE URGED FISHERMEN WHO

TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE SPECIAL SERVICE TO HAVE THEIR DOGS INOCULATED AND LICENSED.

THE LAW REQUIRES ALL DOGS OVER FIVE MONTHS' OLD TO BE LICENSED OWNER AND INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RENDER THE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5,000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

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