The United States government has eased up on a rule that banned the importation of dogs from 113 countries because of concerns over fraudulent rabies vaccination certificates.
As of October 14, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention blocked the import of foreign dogs and those re-entering the country after traveling abroad, from countries where the risk of rabies transmission for dogs was considered high.
The relaxed rules will now allow travelers to bring in healthy, microchipped dogs that have an up-to-date rabies vaccine from a U.S.-licensed veterinarian.”
Source: News Concerns, November 25, 2021. Link. The CDC’s change of policy does not offer relief to people, including aid workers and U.S. service members, who want to bring dogs to the United States for the first time.