US Customs Advises Travelers of New CDC Dog Import Guidelines

The new regulations aim to avoid reintroducing a canine rabies variant into the United States.
US Customs Advises Travelers of New CDC Dog Import Guidelines
Customs agents check pedestrians as they leave Mexico in Tijuana on Nov. 19, 2018. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Summer Lane
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection advised travelers this week that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will implement new requirements for dog imports beginning Aug. 1.

The new guidelines will go into effect following three years of not being able to import dogs from some high-risk countries such as Cuba, Afghanistan, and Ukraine due to concerns about reintroducing a canine rabies variant into the United States.
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