Part II of a 5-part series (See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?, Farmed animals & money talks, What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals and Back to the Jungle Book: U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.) LONDON, U.K.––Quipsters have it that Brexit, as the June 23, 2016 choice of United Kingdom […]
Taiwan adopts plan to become no-kill nation by 2017
Bans killing impounded dogs TAIPEI, Taiwan––The Taiwanese legislature, the Legislative Yuan, on January 24, 2015 adopted 25 revisions to the 1998 national Animal Protection Act that are intended to make Taiwan a no-kill nation. The revisions includes a ban on killing impounded dogs, to take effect in 2017. The ban resembles laws in effect in […]
Threat to dogs from newly discovered rabies strain?
Taiwan ferret badger rabies is new to science TAIPEI, Taiwan––Can dogs incubate and transmit Taiwan ferret badger rabies? Would a mutant form of ferret badger rabies specific to dogs have the exceptionally long latency time that it apparently has in ferret badgers? If so, this could exponentially increase the threat of rabies from dogs. […]