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Article #94Re: Pet passports lead to surge in dogs dying from foreign diseases
From: Marcus L. Rowland
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 12:52
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 12:52
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In message <kqbqXXAnaypAFwUH@reality8.demon.co.uk>, Fenris Wolf <Fenris@reality8.demon.co.uk> writes > >"I hope our terrible experience can serve as a warning to other pet >owners: if you are thinking of taking your dog abroad, don't." > I think this bears out what's been in the pets passport FAQ all along; the system doesn't do much to protect animals taken abroad, it's there to try to ensure that any diseases they bring in to the UK don't spread. I think that some of the diseases mentioned in your article are mentioned in the FAQ, so this has been a known problem for at least a couple of years. -- Marcus L. Rowland http://www.forgottenfutures.com/ LJ:ffutures http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/ Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game "Life is chaos; Chaos is life; Control is an illusion." - Andromeda
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