The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tightened rabies regulations for dogs coming into the country. The new regulations, which went into effect August 1, come as the temporary suspension of importing dogs from high-risk rabies areas — instituted by the CDC in 2021 — is lifted.
“What it boils down to is that there is additional rabies verification that’s required for dogs coming into the United States from high-risk countries” with higher rates of rabies, says Kaitlyn Krebs, a veterinarian at the University of Pennsylvania. It applies to dogs coming from more than 100 countries, including Afghanistan, China, India, Israel, Russia and Zimbabwe.
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