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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1994

NEW RABIES ORDINANCE TO BE ENACTED IN JULY

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MEASURES

THE NEW RABIES ORDINANCE CONTAINING A PACKAGE OF PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION AND SPREADING OF RABIES IN HONG KONG WILL ENACTED NEXT MONTH.

SPEAKING TODAY (FRIDAY) AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE LEGISLATION, ACTING SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICER AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD), DR RICHARD

TO

BE

THE

OF THE RUBIRA SAID: AND IMPORTERS MORE 'THE NEW

WILL MAKE ANIMAL KEEPERS LEGISLATION RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CONTROL OF ANIMALS IN THEIR CARE."

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AFFECTING THE

MEN. INCLUDING

ONCE

HE POINTED OUT THAT RABIES WAS A VIRAL DISEASE CENTRAL NERVOUS

OF WARM-BLOOD ANIMALS SYSTEM CLINICAL SIGNS DEVELOP, THE DISEASE IS USUALLY FATAL.

"RABIES IS TRANSMISSIBLE FROM INFECTED ANIMALS TO OTHER ANIMALS OF RABIES, OR HUMAN BEINGS, DOGS ARE ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL CARRILRS

LEGISLATION, HENCE THE

IS ON DOG CONTROL IN THE EMPHASIS RUBIRA SAID.

NEW

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DR

THE

THE NEW ORDINANCE CONSOLIDATES THE EXISTING PROVISIONS FOR CONTROL OF RABIES, WHICH ARE CONTAINED IN THE DOGS AND CATS ORDINANCE A SINGLE AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH (ANIMALS AND BIRDS) ORDINANCE, INTO PIECE OF LEGISLATION, TOGETHER WITH SOME ADDITIONAL CONTROL MEASURES.

REQUIRED ALL DOGS OVER FIVE MONTHS OF AGE WILL CONTINUE TO BE TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST RABIES AND LICENSED ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS.

GOVERNMENT

KENNELS,

OF

PREVENTION

VACCINATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE GOVERNMENT INOCULATION CENTRES, ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (RSPCA) AND APPROVED VETERINARY PRACTITIONERS.

UNDER EFFECTIVE DOG OWNERS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEIR DOGS ARE

UNDER CONTROL AT ALL TIMES. DOGS SHOULD BE PUT ON A LEAD OR OTHERWISE PROPER CONTROL IN PUBLIC PLACES.

BE

RABIES, ALL POLICE

SOON AS KENNEL GOVERNMENT

AS

AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE AGAINST THE SPREADING OF ANIMAL

REPORTED TO THE LOCAL BITES SHOULD POSSIBLE AND THE ANIMAL INVOLVED TAKEN TO A OBSERVATION FOR SEVEN DAYS.

FOR

"THE

PROVIDES ORDINANCE

ADDITIONAL POWERS FOR

AUTHORISED ANIMALS TO

OFFICERS TO ISSUE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TO THE KEEPERS OF CONFINE THE ANIMAL OR TO PRESENT IT FOR EXAMINATION OR DETENTION, TO REQUEST INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH ANIMALS WHEN NECESSARY IN

DR RUBIRA SAID. INTERESTS OF RABIES CONTROL AND PREVENTION,

中

AND

THE

WITHOUT REASONABLE COMPLY WITH SUCH A DIRECTION "FAILURE TO EXCUSE WILL CONSTITUTE AN OFFENCE AND INCUR A FINE OF $10,000."

THE

BETTER

CONTROL, OF PROVIDES FOR ORDINANCE ALSO

SPREAD ANIMALS SINCE THEIR CONGREGATION COULD ALLOW RABIES TO RAPIDLY.

STRAY

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