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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Zoonoses Public Health. 2014 Sep 22;62(5):393–400. doi: 10.1111/zph.12160

Table 2.

Countries of origin for imported dogs placed on confinement agreements – United States, June 2011–May 2012

Continent Country # dogs % of total
North America total (20 countries) 1325 48.3%

Canada 577 21.0%
Mexico 347 12.6%
Dominican Republic 247 9.0%
Costa Rica 34 1.2%
Panama 24 0.9%
El Salvador 22 0.8%
Guatemala 22 0.8%
Other North America (13 countries) 52 1.9%

Europe total (32 countries) 825 30.0%

Germany 506 18.4%
Hungary 62 2.3%
Poland 59 2.1%
Ukraine 35 1.3%
Czech Republic 32 1.2%
France 29 1.1%
Other Europe (26 countries) 107 3.9%

South America (9 countries) 312 11.4%

Colombia 149 5.4%
Ecuador 60 2.2%
Peru 33 1.2%
Argentina 25 0.9%
Brazil 22 0.8%
Other South America (4 countries) 23 0.8%

Asia total (16 countries) 233 8.5%

Korea, South 98 3.6%
Taiwan 52 1.9%
Russian Federation 49 1.8%
Other Asia (13 countries) 29 1.1%

Africa total (4 countries) 33 1.2%

South Africa 27 1.0%
Other Africa (3 countries) 6 0.2%
Blank/Unknown Blank/Unknown 18 0.7%
GRAND TOTAL 2746