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Hi Guys, I saw a news story by Ananova today, extracts printed below; Jude Simonds Coliburn Bernese, UK "Vaccinated dogs and cats from the US and Canada are to be allowed into the UK without first having to go into six months quarantine. "The change in the rules begins on December 11. "But until an approved route from North America is available and official certification agreed, animals will have to go into short stay quarantine, usually only for two to three days, while microchips and paperwork are checked. "Animal Health Minister Elliot Morley said that since the Pets Travel Scheme was introduced in February last year, more than 75,000 dogs and cats from Europe and rabies-free islands have used the scheme to enter the UK without having to go into quarantine. "We have carried out several scientific assessments of the risk of importing rabies if the Pet Travel Scheme was extended to USA and Canada. "These assessments concluded that the risk of importing rabies into the UK by extending the Pet Travel Scheme to the USA and Canada was low." ________________________________________________________________________________ Check any e-mail over the Web for free at MailBreeze (http://www.mailbreeze.com)
