Whereas:
On June 28, 2022, secondary control zones were declared by the delegate of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (the "Minister"), Dr. Siddika Mithani, President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, under subsection 27.1(2) of the Health of Animals ActFootnote 1 ("the act"), in respect of rabies caused by canine-variant viruses;
On September 28, 2022, an order was made under subsection 27.1(3) of that act designating animals as being capable of being affected or contaminated by rabies caused by canine-variant viruses ("Designation order");
The Minister has the power, under subsection 27.1(4) of that act to, by order, prohibit the removing from, moving within or taking into a secondary control zone a designated animal;
As an inspector, I have the authority under section 33 of that act to exercise the authority of the Minister under subsection 27.1(4) of that act;
Therefore, by virtue of this order, I prohibit the taking into, moving within or removing from, any of the secondary control zones, an animal designated under the designation order that originates from a country listed in the attached Schedule:
Dated at Ottawa, September 28, 2022
Dr. Mary Jane Ireland, Inspector
Schedule
High-risk countries for rabies caused by canine-variant viruses
Africa
- Algeria, Angola
- Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi
- Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia
- Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho, Liberia, Libya
- Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique
- Namibia, Niger, Nigeria
- Republic of Congo, Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
- Tanzania (including Zanzibar), Togo, Tunisia
- Uganda
- Western Sahara
- Zambia, Zimbabwe
Americas and Caribbean
- Belize, Bolivia, Brazil
- Colombia, Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador, El Salvador
- Guatemala, Guyana
- Haiti, Honduras
- Peru
- Suriname
- Venezuela
Asia and the Middle East, Eastern Europe
- Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh, Belarus, Brunei
- Cambodia, China (mainland only)
- Georgia
- India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan
- Laos, Lebanon
- Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma)
- Nepal, North Korea
- Oman
- Pakistan, Philippines
- Qatar
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria
- Tajikistan, Thailand, Türkiye, Turkmenistan
- Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen