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Importation of Dogs. 



kept absolutely apart from all other dogs, and that the 

 journey is resumed the next day and completed with all 

 reasonable dispatch. 



13. In every case the licence should accompany the dog on 

 its journey, and be retained by the person in charge until it 

 is required to be returned to the Board. 



14. It should be clearly understood that the dog cannot in 

 any case be moved from the place of detention, either to other 

 premises or to a vessel for exportation out of the United 

 Kingdom, without a lurther licence from the Board ; but 

 should exceptional circumstances arise which render such 

 removal necessary or expedient, the Board are prepared to 

 consider an application for a licence, provided that they are 

 satisfied by the production of a certificate of a duly qualified 

 veterinary surgeon that the dog is not affected with or 

 suspected of rabies. When the proposed removal is to some 

 other place in the United Kingdom, a suitable place must be 

 specified where the clog- can be kept for the remainder of the 

 period of detention. 



15. During the period of detention the dog, when tem- 

 porarily moved for exercise or other like purpose from the 

 place of detention, must be in charge of a competen t person, 

 and be properly muzzled with a wire cage muzzle, and this 

 latter condition is also applicable when the dog is likely at 

 any time to be brought into contact with other dogs. 



16. Should the dog die, or be lost, the fact should be at 

 once reported to the Board, together with full information as 

 to the symptoms preceding death, or the circumstances under 

 which the loss took place ; and in the event of the dog 

 sickening with any of the symptoms of rabies it should be 

 at once isolated, and the advice of a veterinar}^ surgeon 

 obtained, 



17. Licences to w^hich special conditions are attached are 

 issued by the Board to land bo7id fide performing dogs, if ir 

 can be shown thai: the dogs have been trained to take part 

 in performances for the entertainment of the public, and that 

 they are to be imported for that purpose only. In such cases 

 satisfactory evidence must be offered that the animals are 

 habitually kept absolutely apart from all other dogs, whether 



