{"id":1514,"date":"2016-09-19T19:13:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T19:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2016-09-19T19:13:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T19:13:46","slug":"risks-of-unfettered-dog-importation-recognized-by-canadian-veterinarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/shelter-rescue\/risks-of-unfettered-dog-importation-recognized-by-canadian-veterinarians\/","title":{"rendered":"Risks of unfettered dog importation recognized by Canadian veterinarians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a quick shout-out here for the veterinarians and other experts in Canada who are <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/beta\/news\/canada\/calgary\/canada-rescue-dogs-import-canines-disease-1.3757656\" target=\"_blank\">speaking out on\u00a0the risks associated with willy-nilly dog importation<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>What is so important here are the factors involved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Risks have been outlined (exotic illnesses and parasites that can affect dogs, humans, and other animals&#8211; e.g. <em>Brucella canis<\/em> and\u00a0Leishmaniasis)<\/li>\n<li>Realistic solutions have been targeted (you can&#8217;t stop <em>all<\/em> dogs from moving between different countries and regions, so what is the &#8220;low hanging fruit&#8221; that can be plucked and reduce the risks?)<\/li>\n<li>These goals are cooperative in nature (veterinarians, border security, rescues, and breeders who ship animals are all being called on to do their part)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And also a big &#8220;YES!&#8221; to Bragg Creek veterinarian Judith Samson-French, who speaks to the importance of promoting local rescue, while solving foreign problems at the source:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11.5px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px;\"><em>&#8220;We are actually enabling a problem elsewhere because people need to learn to spay and neuter their dogs and how to help the overpopulation of dogs,&#8221; the veterinarian said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11.5px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 20px;\"><em>&#8220;If we always take care of the problem from the outside, it never brings a solution from the inside\u2026 [We should] lend resources, in terms of knowledge and financial help, to do that.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, solving issues like this is much harder than outlining a good plan, but recognizing a serious issue and taking a firm stand is an excellent start!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1451\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/naia25Years-292x300.png\" alt=\"naia25Years\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of course, solving issues like this is much harder than outlining a good plan, but recognizing a serious issue and taking a firm stand is an excellent start!<br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1517,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions\/1517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}