§ MR. CHANNING () Northamptonshire, E.To ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether there have been any case during the last five years in which rabies has been proved to have been introduced into this country by dogs imported from the Continent; and, if so, how many such cases have been estab- 497 lished; and whether in any such cases the dogs have been purchased abroad, or have been dogs which have been taken away by their owners from this country and brought back under the regulations of the Board.
(Answered by Mr. Hanbury.) There have been two well-established cases of rabies in dogs imported from the Continent since the passing of the Importation of Dogs Order of 1897. In one case the dog was purchased abroad, and in the other it had been taken abroad by its owner and brought back with a licence for its landing. In both cases the disease for its landing. In both cases the disease was detected during the period of detention prescribed by the Board of Agriculture.