quarantine

Name: Meghan

Moving From: US

Moving To: Costa Rica

Question: Hi, I would like to move my dog to Costa Rica and I plan on staying there for 1-3 years. What will be the process like trying to bring her home? I know Costa Rica does not have a quarentine but will the US hold her on the way back home? Thanks for the information!

What exactly does the term quarantine mean in the U.S. (150 days) and for the 30day period in Australia? Can the pet be at home under "house quarantine" or is it in a government kennel all that time? Thanks, Shelley

A PetRelocation customer, Coreen, visiting her dog Missy in Australian quarantine!

PetRelocation.com is reminding travelers with pets and people moving with pets to Australia that all cats and dogs entering Australian quarantine on or after 7 August 2009 will be charged according to the new fees in the table below.

From the AQIS website:

Hi. I have two indoor, declawed cats aged 10 & 11. They have traveled from the US to Melbourne, Australia (lived there for 18 months) and from Melbourne to Tokyo, Japan (have been here for 18 months). In Melbourne they spent 48 days in quarantine, they were allowed to come directly to our house in Tokyo because they were moving from and island country to another island country. There is a great possibility that we will be moved to either Paris or Madrid in the beginning on 2010.