I will hold my "I`m thick" card up here, but can anybody explain what a rabid rescue dog from Sri Lanka was actually doing in Chingford?

I think the answer lies somewhere in the words "quarantine centre" Mart.

Even so, I still don`t understand how it got this far.
I haven`t even attempted to take my dog on holiday.

Perhaps the animals were being returned to the UK when their owners returned to live here maybe?

My dog has been chipped, has a "passport", and been to France several times.

Our dog is chipped, but I kinda need a holiday from the little manic frog/paper/ any old crap/ eating beast sometimes!
I swear, every time she eats something silly, she looks like a dead dog, the next day she pings all over the place as normal.
She adores the neighbours and has her "holiday" there, in completely un-rabid surroundings.

She also hates and eats free papers that drop through the door, a bit extreme, but she has her literary standards and we stand by her on that.