The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) points their new canine importation guidelines that can take impact on August 01, 2024, in an effort to maintain rabies overseas.
On Wednesday, Could 08, CDC introduced that canines coming into the U.S. have to be: wholesome upon arrival, at the very least six months of age, microchipped, and accompanied by a CDC Canine Import Kind on-line submission receipt.
Moreover, canines coming from nations with excessive danger of canine rabies have to be vaccinated towards rabies so as to have the ability to enter the U.S.
CDC famous that there might be extra necessities primarily based on the place the canine has been within the final six months and whether or not the canine was vaccinated within the U.S. or not.
The brand new guidelines apply to all canines, together with service canines and people who have been born within the U.S. however are getting back from one other nation.
CDC additionally reveals that the non permanent suspension for the importation of canines from nations with a excessive danger of rabies in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic will expire when the brand new guidelines go into impact on August 01.
From now till July 31, 2024, you possibly can nonetheless apply for the CDC Canine Import permits which can be at the moment used. Nonetheless, these permits will expire on August 31, 2024.
CDC writes, “The regulation additionally extra carefully aligns with the World Organisation for Animal Well being’s requirements for the worldwide motion of canines from nations with a excessive danger of canine rabies.”
“Moreover, it addresses current challenges seen with worldwide canine importations, equivalent to fraudulent documentation and canines housed in unsafe situations in the event that they didn’t meet necessities for entry to the US,” they continued.
CDC can also be encouraging individuals who will journey with their canines to make use of the company’s personalised question-and-answer device referred to as ‘DogBot’, to “decide what guidelines apply to their canines primarily based on their journey dates, the place their canine is touring from, and the place their canine was vaccinated (if required).”
“The rabies virus variant carried by canines (canine rabies) was eradicated in the US in 2007 and CDC desires to forestall the re-introduction of canine rabies into the US,” the company wrote.
