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Advice needed - transporting cats to UK from Non EU country
Hi all,
I am planning on moving to the UK in about a year's time with my three cats. The issue is that I live in Israel - a country not participating in the PETS scheme which makes it possible for animals to bypass the six month quarantine period. I spoke with a PETS representative and they told me that the only way around that would be to transport my pets to a participating country, and for the cats to be in that country for at least six months and then follow the regulations set out by the PETS scheme from that particular country. The closest participating country to me is Greece, and so far, I have found only one boarding cattery there. I was wondering whether any of the readers here had similar experiences, or can direct me to sites that can provide sufficient guidance as to how to go about this. I have access to the PETS and DEFRA sites already. Much thanks! Marcie |
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Advice needed - transporting cats to UK from Non EU country
On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 22:14:11 -0800 (PST), Marcie
wrote: Hi all, I am planning on moving to the UK in about a year's time with my three cats. The issue is that I live in Israel - a country not participating in the PETS scheme which makes it possible for animals to bypass the six month quarantine period. I spoke with a PETS representative and they told me that the only way around that would be to transport my pets to a participating country, and for the cats to be in that country for at least six months and then follow the regulations set out by the PETS scheme from that particular country. The closest participating country to me is Greece, and so far, I have found only one boarding cattery there. I was wondering whether any of the readers here had similar experiences, or can direct me to sites that can provide sufficient guidance as to how to go about this. I have access to the PETS and DEFRA sites already. Much thanks! Marcie http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quar...fo/outside.htm. or http://tinyurl.com/2wdqt5 Petzl -- LET'S LOOK OUT FOR AUSTRALIA Terror hotline gets 71,000 calls per annum http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/ Protecting our way of life from terrorist threat |
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Advice needed - transporting cats to UK from Non EU country
On Feb 6, 9:09*am, Petzl wrote:
On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 22:14:11 -0800 (PST), Marcie wrote: Hi all, I am planning on moving to the UK in about a year's time with my three cats. The issue is that I live in Israel - a country not participating in the PETS scheme which makes it possible for animals to bypass the six month quarantine period. I spoke with a PETS representative and they told me that the only way around that would be to transport my pets to a participating country, and for the cats to be in that country for at least six months and then follow the regulations set out by the PETS scheme from that particular country. The closest participating country to me is Greece, and so far, I have found only one boarding cattery there. I was wondering whether any of the readers here had similar experiences, or can direct me to sites that can provide sufficient guidance as to how to go about this. I have access to the PETS and DEFRA sites already. Much thanks! Marcie http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quar...res/support-in.... or http://tinyurl.com/2wdqt5 Petzl -- LET'S LOOK OUT FOR AUSTRALIA Terror hotline gets 71,000 calls per annumhttp://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/ Protecting our way of life from terrorist threat- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks Petzl.. but as I said, I already have access to the DEFRA website. I am researching these official sites, but would be interested to hear from anyone who has experience or can point me to an additional site where I can learn more about how this can be done. Best, Marcie |
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Advice needed - transporting cats to UK from Non EU country
Suddenly, without warning, Marcie exclaimed (2/6/2008 3:44 PM):
Hi all, I am planning on moving to the UK in about a year's time with my three cats. The issue is that I live in Israel - a country not participating in the PETS scheme which makes it possible for animals to bypass the six month quarantine period. I spoke with a PETS representative and they told me that the only way around that would be to transport my pets to a participating country, and for the cats to be in that country for at least six months and then follow the regulations set out by the PETS scheme from that particular country. The closest participating country to me is Greece, and so far, I have found only one boarding cattery there. I was wondering whether any of the readers here had similar experiences, or can direct me to sites that can provide sufficient guidance as to how to go about this. I have access to the PETS and DEFRA sites already. Much thanks! Marcie I can't help with your query, but I do know of a good quarantine facility in Yorkshire if you can't avoid some or all of the quarantine. I've used this place a couple of times. You gotta be careful of quarantine facilities in the UK, they're not as a rule government controlled and I've heard some real horror stories. I'm not sure you have to do the full six months - we moved to the UK just as PETS was getting underway, and there were no "approved" airline carriers from our location at that time. We followed all the other rules, sent her to the quarantine facility, they did the paperwork petitioning for "early release", and our cat was out of quarantine in 5 days. Have you researched Early Release? jmc |
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Advice needed - transporting cats to UK from Non EU country
On Feb 6, 2:06*pm, jmc wrote:
Suddenly, without warning, Marcie exclaimed (2/6/2008 3:44 PM): Hi all, I am planning on moving to the UK in about a year's time with my three cats. The issue is that I live in Israel - a country not participating in the PETS scheme which makes it possible for animals to bypass the six month quarantine period. I spoke with a PETS representative and they told me that the only way around that would be to transport my pets to a participating country, and for the cats to be in that country for at least six months and then follow the regulations set out by the PETS scheme from that particular country. The closest participating country to me is Greece, and so far, I have found only one boarding cattery there. I was wondering whether any of the readers here had similar experiences, or can direct me to sites that can provide sufficient guidance as to how to go about this. I have access to the PETS and DEFRA sites already. Much thanks! Marcie I can't help with your query, but I do know of a good quarantine facility in Yorkshire if you can't avoid some or all of the quarantine. * I've used this place a couple of times. You gotta be careful of quarantine facilities in the UK, they're not as a rule government controlled and I've heard some real horror stories. I'm not sure you have to do the full six months - we moved to the UK just as PETS was getting underway, and there were no "approved" airline carriers from our location at that time. *We followed all the other rules, sent her to the quarantine facility, they did the paperwork petitioning for "early release", and our cat was out of quarantine in 5 days. *Have you researched Early Release? jmc- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks, jmc.. I skimmed through the Early Release section in the DEFRA and PETS sites, but understood it only applied for animals coming in from participating countries. Israel is not a participant of the PETS scheme so if I bring the cats directly in from Israel, they have to do the full six months.. Thanks as well for offering up a recommendation of a quarantine facility. I'll be based in the Brighton area.. so I would also be interested in looking into facilities closer to where I'll be based, in the event I can't get round this issue. Marcie |
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