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2008-09-24 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Dogs banned from Italian trains to fight fleas

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-09-24 12:37|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 They could go for the British answer: 6 months in quarantine before the animal can be released into the general population.

There are a number of interesting diseases historically carried by fleas. Perhaps rather than nails and ears, every flea bag and its owner should have to wait at the station until the results of the blood culture come back.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-09-24 13:29|| 2008-09-24 13:29|| Front Page Top

#2 "Will guards be checking that people's nails and ears are clean?"

My Mom would have.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2008-09-24 14:20|| 2008-09-24 14:20|| Front Page Top

#3 so will there now a rash of dog deaths due to tying the leashes to the handrails and forgetting to retrieve them before the train sets off?
and why do the faggy little foo-foo dogs get special treatment? the should be banned just on general principles, they aren't real dogs, just self-propelled Scooby Snacks for Rotweillers.....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-09-24 15:16|| 2008-09-24 15:16|| Front Page Top

#4 tw, the British quarantine was intended to keep rabies off the island. It's been modified since, in part because construction of the Chunnel connected Britain to the continent. Dogs now travel to compete at Crufts and other major dog shows in the UK without having to quarantine at all, providing various vet tests etc. are submitted and a rather expensive set of transport standards are met.

Posted by lotp 2008-09-24 17:11|| 2008-09-24 17:11|| Front Page Top

#5 I didn't know the rule had been modified, lotp. I'm awfully glad -- it caused real hardship. We had two cats which moved with us to Germany, but we couldn't have (then) taken them to Britain -- they were not accustomed to kennels, and would not have survived.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-09-24 23:22|| 2008-09-24 23:22|| Front Page Top

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