US Customs Advises Travelers of New CDC Dog Import Guidelines

Published on July 19, 2024

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. The new regulations build upon lessons learned during the COVID pandemic when the temporary suspension was implemented on importing dogs from countries with a high risk of rabies, according to the CDC. The updated framework aligns with the World Organisation for Animal Health’s standards on importing dogs from high-risk countries, and also addresses problems related to fraudulent documentation at ports of entry, CDC officials said in a press release....

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