As a precaution against the spread of rabies 1,092 dogs were shot by the police last' year, according to report emanating to-day from the local authorities. The police are instructed {to shoot any stray dogs that are unlicensed and unmuzzled during the night.
At the same time the Sanitary Board has recently passed a resolition for the compulsory inoculation of dogs.
Robles has so far claimed three victims including one child. People bitten by dogs are frequently report. ed in the local press, and in almost every case the victim is rushed to hospital where anti-rabies injections are applied while the dog is sent for observation at Mataukok.
Tt is learned that 17 dogs are now being detained at Dogs' Home at Yaumati. At present there are 4,953 ensed dogs in Hongkong.
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