BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dog owners on both sides of the northern border are speaking out just days before the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s new border regulations for dogs take effect.
“None of it made any sense. I felt at times like we were in the Twilight Zone,” said Deborah Williams, a resident of Colden who frequently travels to Canada with her Labrador retriever, Sam.
Last Monday, the CDC announced a relaxing of the rules for dogs arriving from no or low-risk countries, like Canada.
Despite the changes, there’s been some pushback to the change from state leaders and dog owners.
“It was a solution in search of a problem, because there wasn’t the problem. There isn’t a problem,” Williams said.
The CDC website says dogs coming from our northern neighbors no longer require a rabies vaccination, but must have a receipt for a CDC dog import form.
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