While the world is still focused on SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, US animal health officials and poultry producers have been monitoring and taking action to prevent the spread of another highly pathogenic virus-Avian Influenza-from entering the country. As reported on the website of the Office of Epizooties (the World Organization for Animal
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What is the legal status of Sandra in the United States—the orangutan granted legal personhood status in Argentina?
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
As reported by the Associated Press on November 7, 2019, Sandra, a 33-year-old orangutan that was granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina has moved to the Center for Great Apes in central Florida after being quarantined at a different zoo in Kansas, upon importation.
Judge Liberatori reportedly ruled that Sandra is legally…
The Perils of Importation of Dogs from Egypt Acknowledged and Temporarily Ceased by US Government.
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
Rabies is a nearly 100% fatal disease when unvaccinated animals and humans are exposed. As previously discussed the risk of exposure to rabies from dogs imported from other countries, especially from Egypt, has increased exponentially resulting from the shift from pets purchased from USDA licensed or exempt breeders in to the unregulated sales of pets…