Saturday 26 April 2008

It's Rabies Now

An outbreak of rabies is feared after a rabid dog bit three people. The United Kingdom doesn't do rabies, at least it didn't before Jonah.

2 comments:

Sackerson said...

The last UK rabies fatality was in 2001. There was concern about potential infiltration by foaming-at-the-mouth red foxes, but nobody spotted Tony at that time!

hatfield girl said...

Is it not true then, S, that rabies is not British? When I brought the cats I had to have fully up-to-date certificates on their rabies status for France, Switzerland and Italy. I remember being surprised as they were travelling from England, and assumed it was because we were passing through other countries to our destination. Now I wonder again.
Over fierce laws lead to law-breaking, and the quarantine regulations must have led to a lot of dodging by incoming animals.