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IMPORTATION OF DOGS INTO GREA.T BRITAIN. 



The Board of Agriculture have issued the following 

 memorandum as to the conditions which have been pre- 

 scribed in order to prevent the introduction of rabies : — 



1. The disease of rabies in dogs and of hydrophobia in 

 man, which remains prevalent in almost all other parts of the 

 world, has become practically extinct in this country, but as 

 it may remain latent in a dog for a very long period it has 

 become necessary, in the interests of owners of dogs in this 

 country, to adopt precautions against the reintroduction of 

 the disease by means of dogs which may, unknown to their 

 owners, have become infected whilst in a foreign country. 



2. The Importation of Dogs Orders, therefore, prohibit the 

 introduction of dogs into Great Britain from any foreign 

 country or British possession, other than the Channel 

 Islands, without the sanction of the Board of Agriculture ; 

 and the landing of a dog from abroad (whether originally 

 exported from Great Britain or not) will, unless a licence has 

 previously been obtained, render the owner liable to a penalty 

 of £^20 and the possible seizure of the dog. 



3. Every person wishing to introduce a dog into Great 

 Britain must, before the dog is embarked, obtain a licence 

 permitting the landing of the dog on arrival ; and the atten- 

 tion of owners, charterers, and masters of vessels carrying* 

 dogs is drawn to the fact that by permitting the landing 

 of such dogs from their vessels without the requisite licences 

 they render themselves liable to legal proceedings. 



4. Every application for a licence for landing a dog should 

 be made in writing, on a form which will be supplied to 

 bond fide applicants. It must be signed by the owner of the 

 dog, or by his agent specially authorised in writing for the 



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