622 VETEEINAEY HYGIENE 



LEGISLATION. 



Diseases of Animals Act, 1894 ; Babies Order o/1897 ; Importation 

 of Dogs Order o/1901. 



Notification of disease falls upon the person having, or having had, in 

 his possession an animal affected or suspected of Babies. 



The Inspector acting on any information obtained, proceeds to the 

 place and discharges his duties. 



The local authorities may placard a place where the disease exists, 

 and may continue to do so during the existence of the animal, and until 

 the place has been cleansed and disinfected. 



The local authorities can compel the destruction of a dog which is 

 affected, or one which has been bitten by an affected animal ; but in 

 the first place the owner or person in charge of the dog wiU be given 

 reasonable facilities for this purpose. Failure to comply with this 

 regulation is an ofi'enoe against the Act. 



Every case of rabies or suspected rabies that has either died or been 

 destroyed, will be examined post-mortem by a Veterinary Surgeon 

 specially appointed, and failure to give facilities for this examination is 

 an offence. 



Local authorities are compelled to secure the isolation of all dogs 

 exposed to infection, notices to this effect being served on the owner or 

 person in charge of every such dog. 



Every dog will be considered as having been exposed to infection 

 that has been in the same building, kennel, place, or otherwise in 

 contact with any affected or suspected dog, or which has in any other 

 way been exposed to infection. 



The isolation imposed on an infected place insists on no animal 

 being moved from, out, or into it, and no animal to be allowed to come 

 in contact with those so isolated. The local authority can take steps 

 to enforce compliance with this Order, while at the same time they 

 inform the Board and the police of the district. 



AU stray dogs can be seized by the local authority. If affected 

 with the disease, or suspected to have been bitten by either an affected 

 or suspected dog, they are to be destroyed; if the animal has been 

 exposed to infection it shall be detained in isolation, destroyed, or 

 othervdse dealt with as the local authorities may determine. 



Any dog seized which does not come under the above, shall be 

 detained in some proper place, and kept there for such period as the 

 local authorities may think expedient. If the owner or person in 

 charge of such detained dog is known, a notice shall be served on him, 

 and the dog given up on payment of expenses incurred. If the owner 

 or person in charge of the dog does not claim it within two days after 

 the Order is served the dog may be destroyed. If the owner is 



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