User talk:Rgrills

What ever is written here may not be of interest, but I feel it's important to mention. It has to do with the Pets-Travel-Scheme Animal Health and Welfare. Defra. and it's monopoli and manipulation of vacationers travelling with pets in a bureaucratic system gone mad. Unfortunately as travelers we have no representation and are at the mercy of anal retentive officials who are as inflexible as a rock for the purpose of demonstrating the power authority because of paranoia. Anal retentiveness in a gifted official of DVM (Doctor of Veterinarian Medicine)and the futility of denial given the mitigating circumstances of cases that pose no threat to a community leaves much to the imagination. Rabies is a disease that by an large is not encountered in the U.K. and I clearly understand the importance that it not get into the country, but it is this PARANOIA I refer to. Documents,passports,afidavits,letters, etc are valuable assets that we carry to expedite travel without inconvenience or hardship, regarless of the order in which they are received. As Canadians travelling abroad in a foreign country we fully try to be as accommodating to the authorities in question. A law that dictates the procedure of testing in animals that have no history or ever will have history of rabies, is rundant and clearly demonstrats the need for further understanding and revision of policy procedures with reference to the exporting country that has just as strick controls toward rabies as the importing country such as the U.K.

Rabies vaccine in Canada is mandatory for all animals (dogs,cats,ferrets) Especially for animals in farming,. IT'S THE LAW. Once the vaccine has been administerd it must be administered every year. IT'S THE LAW. Dogs have to be licenced. The manufacturer of the vaccine (who ever it is) must show on the vaccine package the date it was manufactured and the date of expiry. In most cases the vaccine administered to an animal will have an expiry date of anywhere from 2 to 3 yrs expiry from the date of vaccination. The blood titre level in these animals that are vaccinated every year will show a higher than normal protection reading, 3-4 times higher, than the minimum of .05 I/U than the U.K. requires. Realizing that vaccine for dogs in the U.K. is not a requirement knowledge of Canadian requirements isn't applied during inspection of these animals. Consideration in these regards must be taken into account in determining weather an animal can enter the U.K. Regardless when the blood test was taken or when the vaccine was administered. This six month period before travelling is to say the least restrictive and discriminatory in terms of animals that have had been administered vaccinations every year. To say that these animals pose a threat or are a threat because of a procedural gliche is clearly a demonstration that those who administer the application of the system are flexing muscle because of a PARANOID bureaucratic policy gone mad. Giving no consideration to the pet owners financial or emotional hardship. Global travel has millions of travelers moving in all different directions. Scientist have warned of the need to protect the masses from the diseases that we all carry with us and warn us of a luring and pending a global Pandemic. Rabies if contracted is a killer, there is no cure other the protective vaccination, If an unprotected animal has contracted rabies the animal must be destroyed. anyone coming in contact with a dead animal suspected of rabies must be taken as soon as possible to a hospital to be tested and treated and watched for 2 weeks. If anyone who travels with a pet knowing that the pet may have rabies and doesn't get treated before the 2 week period is in danger of contracting the disease and if such is the case, that person can infect an entire plane or boat or train, because rabies virus is not only transmitted into the blood system, it can also be transmitted by air because it is a virus. Animal control officers, game wardens etc; must use protective clothing when handling or dealing with animals that may be suspected of being rabies carriers. The material used to handle these animals will have to be destroyed by incineration as well as the remains of the animal suspected of rabies. Most domesticated animals usually never come in contact with wild animals in the great outdoors. If it's a cat that has lived entirely inside a house/apartment consideration must also be given for this animal during import and export as long as the cat has been immunized A dog who in the same sense doesn't come in  contact with other animals in the great outdoors also has to be considered safe because of it's immunization history.