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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1994
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THE ABANDONMENT OF ANIMALS AND THE FEEDING OF STRAY ANIMALS IN A SPECIFIED PLACE WILL IN THE FUTURE CONSTITUTE AN OFFENCE.
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UNDER THE NEW LEGISLATION, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE FISHERIES CAN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCOURAGING THE CONGREGATION ANIMALS, PROHIBIT THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS EXCEPT BY THEIR OWNERS IN SPECIFIC PLACES.
"THE DOG CONTROL TEAM OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS IN CATCHING STRAY ANIMALS.
"ALL SUCH ANIMALS CAUGHT WILL BE DETAINED IN GOVERNMENT KENNELS. IF THEY ARE NOT CLAIMED WITHIN FOUR DAYS, THEY WILL BE HUMANELY DISPOSED OF. OWNERS WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ABANDONED THEM AND BE PROSECUTED, HE SAID.
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ON THE IMPORT OF ANIMALS, ALL MAMMALS IMPORTED INTO HONG KONG FROM CHINA AND OVERSEAS COUNTRIES WILL, UNDER THE NEW RABIES ORDINANCE, REQUIRE AN IMPORT PERMIT FROM AFD IN ADVANCE.
ON ENTERING HONG KONG, THESE ANIMALS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BB ACCOMPANIED BY AN OFFICIAL VETERINARY HEALTH CERTIFICATE ISSUED NOT MORE THAN 14 DAYS BEFORE EXPORT, STATING THAT THEY ARE FREE FROM SIGNS OF RABIES.
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ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG, FOOD ANIMALS WILL BE DIRECTED fo AN APPROVED SLAUGHTERED HOUSE; PETS AND OTHER MAMMALS MAY BE REQUIRED UNDERGO A PERIOD OF QUARANTINE, AS DEEMED NECESSARY BY AFD VETERINARY OFFICER.
IN ORDER NOT TO HINDER THE FLOW OF FOOD ANIMALS INTO HONG KONG, REGULAR IMPORTERS OF PIGS, CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS AND EXOTIC FOOD ANIMALS WILL BE ISSUED WITH SPECIFIC IMPORT PERMIT IN ADVANCE.
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ALL INDIVIDUAL IMPORTERS OF FOOD ANIMALS PETS AND OTHER MAMMALS WILL BE REQUIRED TO APPLY IN PERSON ON A CASE-TO-CASE BASIS.
IN ADDITION, THE IMPORT AND KEEPING OF VAMPIRE BATS, WHICH CAN BE LIFELONG RABIES CARRIERS WITHOUT SHOWING ANY SYMPTOMS THEMSELVES, WILL BE BANNED.
THE ORDINANCE ALSO EMPOWERS THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES TO DECLARE A RABIES CONTROL AREA AND TO IMPOSE CONTROLS ON THE MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS WITHIN SUCH AN AREA.
DR RUBIRA POINTED OUT THAT THE MAXIMUM PENALTIES FOR MOST OFFENCES RELATING TO ANIMALS CONTROL HAD BEEN INCREASED BY 100 PER CENT TO $10,000.
HEAVY PENALTIES OF UP TO $50,000 AND ONE YEAR'S IMPRISONMENT APPLY FOR THE MORE SERIOUS OFFENCES OF ILLEGAL IMPORTATION OF ANIMALS, KEEPING PROHIBITED ANIMALS AND VIOLATING MOVEMENT BANS IN RABIES CONTROL AREAS.
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то TIE IN WITH THE ENACTMENT OF THE ORDINANCE, HAS PREPARED A PACKAGE OF PUBLICITY AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES ΤΟ EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERSHIP.
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