NOT that I'm suggesting the old Strathclyde Police in the eighties had too much time on their hands, but this is their demonstration of how to handle a dog with rabies despite the fact that Britain was declared rabies free in 1902. Cleverly they have used a docile labrador for the demonstration despite the fact that the only danger from a lab is being licked to death if he thinks you have a biscuit.

Someone really enjoyed themselves as there was a whole chapter in the force's Major Incidents Manual on dealing with a rabies outbreak which included, I kid not, quarantining an area, roadblocks, police marksman to pick off the doggies, and a carcass destruction unit to deal with the aftermath. All was not wasted though as I assume the chapter was sold on to a movie company working on a zombie apocalypse film.

Hopefully the dog was rewarded with a biscuit after this indignity.