[ SHOWGSD-L ] Dog Importation: Why Your Voice is Important
- From: Ken Tank <tanksr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd gsd <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 20:17:34 -0700
Are there any facts to back up the statements made here regarding these
imports? (besides according to......that means nothing, show me the facts).
This sounds like another money grab by the gov't so back it up with facts,
please.
Ken
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Stormy Hope <Stormy435@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Dog Importation: Why Your Voice is Important
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> Background
> Americans have imported dogs into the United States for over two
> centuries. Arriving as family members, working animals, or as part of
> a breeding program, dogs have always played their special role in
> America?s melting pot, and our laws have recognized this.
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> But over the last decade, there has been a massive increase in the
> number of dogs imported into the United States for the purpose of
> resale, both for retail and adoption transfers. These dogs commonly
> arrive without health certificates, from parts of the world that are
> rife with diseases that pose risks to both dogs and humans.
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> According to the United States Public Health Service, Chicago O?Hare
> was the destination airport for 10,125 dogs imported in 2006, over
> half of which were not vaccinated. That same year, a multi-agency
> sting operation revealed massive smuggling of dogs into the United
> States, leading scientists from the CDC to estimate that over 199,000
> dogs ? 38,100 unvaccinated ? had come into the country through the
> Mexican border in 2006 alone!
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