pet travel scheme

Last week, OK! Magazine reported that Russell Brand, a British movie star (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) wouldn't live with his girlfriend, American rockstar Katy Perry, in the US because "someone has got to feed" his cat.  OK! went on to quote Brand as saying, "I am getting him a pet passport which means he can travel around as much as he likes."  He also quipped a bit about the funny thought of pets having passports, sounding much like the pet shippers around here.  "Unfortunately, they don’t do photos," Brand told OK! "I was really looking forward to that.”

If you're moving pets to the UK in thA PetRelocation.com customer Cynthia with her dog in front of Big Ben in Londone near future, you now have a new option as to where you can fly into.  This week, DEFRA approved the London Oxford Airport as the second General Aviation/Business Aviation Airport in the UK for the importation of domestic pets.

Here's a great video from Stena Line Ferries that explains how to get your pet approved under the PETS scheme if you are traveling out of the UK on vacation. In this instance, the pet owner is going from the UK to Holland with his Jack Russell, Eddie.

Name: Risa

Subject: Rules and Regs. & How to ship my small dog to UK safely?

Question: Also...does my dog have to go in quarantine?

Thanks!

Answer: Hello Risa!

There are some requirements you will need to fulfill in order to be able to get your dog into the UK and make it through customs. Please note- the rules change depending on which country you will be coming from, so if you're not leaving from the US the requirements will be different from what is below: