Public Information Film - Rabies Outbreak in Britain

[@GothicHorror10]

I love how they say 'destroyed' instead of killed. Makes it sound so much worse

[@mammothbeaver]

this scared me. the number of stray dogs I killed because of this film. In fact many of them weren't strays. And cats too. Cows and horses as well

[@mutinyonthekitkat]

You can't shut yourself in a phone box nowadays either.

[@dronebee83]

A cancelled cat show: Now that would piss on my bonfire!

[@reddavis4808]

In Britain they don't just euthanize strays during a Rabies outbreak. They destroy them!

[@pickledegg1989]

"Rabies Warning" by Concretism on Soundcloud brought me here.

[@brunster64]

When these Public Information Films were shown we didn't have the channel tunnel. It seems strange that now we are more at risk, they are not shown.

[@applemask]

Oh, absolutely. I didn't know much about it before I saw a PIF where Clive Swift says it means "death in a manner that is beyond description". I thought that was hyperbole, but then I looked it up and HOLY SHIT. That's just taking the piss.

[@FeygeleGoy]

It would be more fun than having a "Cat Show Cancelled" sign.

[@SubjectRandom21]

Anyone remember the shooting in the forest in order to get rid of rabies? 1960's on TV reported a forest or woods or field where people with guns shot anything that moved.

[@divinedegenerate]

They are along the Thames in central London, too, at various mooring points, warning people not bringing foreign animals ashore... you know, in case you failed to notice your dog has rabies or something :)

[@Steveoqotsa]

Can anyone remember a series in the 80's about a fox that had rabies??I can't remember what it was called(anyone know,remember??)but it was quite frightening

[@Amandamoo73]

the bit that freaks me out is when you see the dog warden looking all menacing with that loop thing in his hand.scares me every time!

[@ETP1]

The show from the 1980s might have been an episode of a BBC series called The Vet, which had a rabies storyline, though I'm not sure the infected animal was a fox.

[@iownedu100]

you can tell if that dog had rabies, it will look all vicious and shit

[@plateshutoverlock]

That would explain Cleo and Hercule's behavior. Fortunately, no rabies got on Josephine Joseph

[@SubjectRandom21]

Does anyone remember, during the 60's I think, the time when some people shot every living thing in a field/forest in the attempt to eradicate rabies?

[@polidori99]

that was in camberley in surrey i think because one small dog that had been in quarantine developed rabies.

[@mhoulden]

The Clive Swift rabies PIF is at kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaXIg4OOpc91sMU and it does indeed talk about "death in a manner beyond description". Unfortunately it features someone who looks a bit like Tubbs from the League of Gentlemen carrying a cat in a bag

[@MrEurocat]

@loneshewolf74 We dont need it - we dont have rabies in the UK. Our pets can have a "pets passport" which means we inoculate them (as you suggest). But since we dont have rabies, why pump stuff into an animal that doesnt require it

[@vaj99]

Do they react like this on the mainland?

[@JoeScaramanga]

hahaha... how the hell do you restrain a cat? Nice to see the spirit of these 'OMG it's the end of the world' PIFs still continues today

[@felixthehuman]

Are the dogs not vaccinated?

[@ktqueena]

sounds like the DoG Pound.

[@cupcakefairy87]

Animals shouldn't be used for public entertainment anyway. I bet the fox-hunt loving Tories would love to destroy the foxes in teir hunts if rabies ever did break out in Britain!

[@Duvmasta]

LOL WUT?