Rabies to return to Britain - by order of the EU

[R1Geezer]

http://tinyurl.com/yfualq4
It seems our masters are very jealous of our rabies free status and want us to allow non passported and potentially infected animals in. Why must we always lower our standards? Why can the EU not raise theirs on this very importanat issue? Clearly we know how to irradicate the disease, It seems our EU masters are determined that rabies will exist in all EU states. Great!

[VHG]

>want us to allow non passported and potentially infected animals in

Well we let in humans with no passports (asylum) and with infections like TB and AIDS so why not animals.

[Gromit]

I suspect the Government will still retain blood tests for pets entering this country with a passport.

However, Rabies in domestic animals is very rare in Europe. latvia and Roman are the only countries in Europe with Rabies, and 80% of those cases are in the wild animal population.

// In most parts of Western and Central Europe rabies has been successfully controlled and eradicated. So far several countries such as Finland, The Netherlands (1991), Italy (1997), Switzerland (1998), France (2000), Belgium, Luxembourg (2001) and the Czech Republic (2004) have been declared as being officially free of terrestrial rabies. //

http://www.who-rabies...t_rabies/Control.aspx

In short, the threat is very small, and the papers are scaremongering.

[R1Geezer]

VHG what a studpid answer, this is about rabies and animals, a disease that has been irradicated in Britain. Keep your twee, na na nana na observation bollux to yourself

[Gromit]

// A small number of bats in the UK have been found to carry EBLV, a rabies like virus. There are two known strains of EBLV: EBLV1 and EBLV2.

In the UK, ten bats have been found with the EBLV2 live virus: eight in England and two in Scotland. All were Daubenton's bats.

Three bats have tested positive for EBLV1 antibodies: a serotine in the south of England and two Natterer's bats in Scotland. The presence of antibodies indicates exposure to the virus.

The discovery of EBLV in bats in the UK does not affect the UK's rabies free status. //

http://www.bats.org.u...ts_and_rabies.html#A2

[McMouse]

Rabies is rife in 10 Downing Street.

[R1Geezer]

well done gromit, I knew some lefty Europhile would dig up some sort of example, na na nana na BGB to you for missing the point.

[Gromit]

R1Geezer

// well done gromit, I knew some lefty Europhile would dig up some sort of example, na na nana na BGB to you for missing the point. //

Are you AOG lovechild?

[youngmafbog]

Its an absolute disgrace.

Standards should be raised not lowered.

It is just more of the typical dictorial attutude of our Lords and Masters in Bruxelles.

Grmoit, do you have a life ? I'd hate to be in the pub with you, you sound a right borearse.

[Quinlad]

...says the man who trots out almost word-for-word whinges about 'Noo Labour' and 'Bottler' and 'the PC Brigade' pretty much every time he posts.

[Oneeyedvic]

youngmafbog: Standards should be raised not lowered.

Just want to get this right - you want more red tape?

[youngmafbog]

Winding up you lefties is not quite the same as trotting out dull boring facts and figures all the time.

Anyway Noo Labour is dead, its back to Red Labour now so you wont hear that much, Bottler will be gone soon one way or another, but unfortunartley for you I doubt the PC Brigaed are going to dissappear for a while.

Obviously my posts work in my aim. Do yours ?

[R1Geezer]

Vic, why does raising standards require more red tape?

[Gromit]

Yes youngmafbog, my *** detector is highly tuned.

As I said in my reply to Geezer, I don't think the British Government will stop doing blood tests.

I may 'sound a right borearse' (it is annoying when people use facts and examples instead of dodgy Daily Mail editorials) but I would be careful if I were you of commenting about how people come across on this site, because you are not exactly refined poster yourself.

[Oneeyedvic]

R1 - thought that was pretty self explanatory - how do you think you raise standards?

You need to introduce measures to raise them. If you introduce measures then you need systems in place with checks and balances to ensure that they happen. That involves 'red tape'

[R1Geezer]

Vic we already have a system, we are not introducing a new one.

"As I said in my reply to Geezer, I don't think the British Government will stop doing blood tests."

The British "Governement" will do what they are told by their EU masters. Have you not noticed that autonomy has gone?

[Gromit]

geezer, you obviously don't know your Lisbon Treaty

// The Irish Republic and the UK currently have an opt-out from European policies concerning asylum, visas and immigration. Under the new treaty they have the right to opt in or out of any policies in the entire field of justice and home affairs. //

As I said, I don't think the British Government will stop doing blood tests on pets.

[Seadragon]

This thread is hilarious! At the expense of others..... Gromit, I read that if controls are relaxed then a blood test would not have to be carried out. Which could see Rabies returning to the UK?

[Gromit]

Seadragon

Stop reading comics.

[Seadragon]

Ok Gromit - does that include this thread?

[Gromit]

Just checked and this regulation was introduced in 2003 in the rest of the EU. Britain was allowed to opt out.

This is a re-run of the same scaremongering from 3 years ago (see the Times article below) - we remained opted out in 2007.
http://www.timesonlin...pe/article1319955.ece