dogs edit digital short- BBC local investigation

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00:00Would he come straight from North Macedonia to my house or would he...

00:04Yes, yes, yes, yes.

00:05He would.

00:06Where do you live?

00:07Birmingham, yeah.

00:08Birmingham, yeah.

00:09So literally he would just be dropped off.

00:13Yes, yes, yes.

00:14Obviously with a Romanian dog, you wouldn't meet the dog beforehand.

00:18So transport will literally take you to your door if you are in the mainland of the UK.

00:23It's really important to know a dog's health status if it's important.

00:26So if we have dogs that are entering the UK that, for example, haven't been tested for those disorders before they come here,

00:32it could be a potential Trojan horse.

00:34They could be coming to the UK and bringing unknown diseases that then have the potential to spread within our own population.

00:41The situation right now is we have a lot of really well-meaning people in the UK engaging in either adopting these dogs

00:47or being part of organisations that import them that really want to help.

00:52I think it's a really big gamble as to what you're going to end up with because without clear information

00:57about lots of the elements of that dog's life and history, it's going to be difficult to match you with that dog.

01:02So it is a little bit Russian roulette here.