[ SHOWGSD-L ] 300,000 Imported Puppies Prompt Rabies Concerns
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300,000 Imported Puppies Prompt Rabies Concerns
CDC, After Declaring Canine Rabies Eradicated, Now Looks at New, Stricter
Rules
By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES
Oct 24,2007
Just last month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared
victory over canine rabies in the United States -- a fatal virus that kills
55,000 people a year globally.
That declaration may have been premature.
A growing demand for overseas dogs -- many from countries where the disease
is endemic and the animals are too young to be vaccinated -- has put rabies
back on the government's radar and caused the CDC to go to work on stricter
rules aimed at imported dogs.
As many as 300,000 puppies a year are being imported, based on early
estimates, according to G. Gale Galland, veternarian in the CDC's Division of
Global
Migration and Quarentine.
Driving the import trend is the demand for puppies, rather than older dogs
that have behavioral or health issues.
The Border Puppy Task Force in California estimates that 10,000 puppies
entered San Diego County from Mexico in just one year. Some only a few weeks
old
are sold for $1,000 each in shopping center parking lots on the street.
"You may never know what results come from your action.
But if you do nothing, there will be no result."
Mahatma Gandhi
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