Hi everyone. I feel that many of you are not aware of
what RABIES ALERT UK is trying to achieve so I would
like to try to explain it to you. As you must all know
RABIES IS A KILLER. It can and does affect humans as
well as pets. Our Government has agreed to change our
regulations to bring us into line with the rest of
Europe. BAD NEWS! One of the changes is to abolish
blood testing after vaccinating for RABIES. This will
put us, and all our pets, at a far greater risk than
at present.
Under the existing pet passport scheme, which applies to
pets entering the UK from approved countries, of the
approximately 70,000 that have been blood tested,
3 to 5% fail, which keeps these pets from entering the UK.
We have to accept that quarantine regulations will change
drastically but what RABIES ALERT UK insist on is that
blood testing is retained on any pet entering the UK
after they have been vaccinated for RABIES.
This will help to eliminate the risk of RABID pets walking
freely here amongst our children and pets.
Without this blood test there is little or no guarantee
that these pets will be RABIES free. The implications
are horrendous and could involve mass culling of our
pets and wildlife. At present, we as a nation feel
confident to approach any pet which we come into contact
with, however, should RABIES enter the country we would
have to treat any pet we meet with great caution and
always be on the alert.
So PLEASE give us your support and help our campaign
to insist that all imports are BLOOD TESTED.
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