JCS LivestockPet Travel Scheme due to change in 2012
The Pet Travel Scheme is 10 years old! Time for a change?
On the 1st of March the Pet Travel Scheme celebrated a decade of bringing cats, dogs and ferrets into the UK, avoiding quarantine. "Frodo Baggins" the pug was the first pet to travel with a pet passport ten years ago. Since then the scheme has grown and grown, with UK owners accounting for around 60% of all pet passports.
The scheme has been shown to be a great success, with over 660,000 pets travelling on pet passports and zero cases of rabies associated with the scheme. In 2004 the EU followed the UK's lead, introducing a similar system for member states to aid pet travel EU-wide.
JCS are proud to have helped with the import of over 21,000 pet shipments (each shipment ranging from 1 to 7 pets) over this time and we currently work with a large number of airlines at Heathrow and Manchester helping people bring their pets into the UK on the Pet Travel Scheme, including British Airways, Qantas, Emirates and Air Canada.
Links:
DEFRA Pet Travel Scheme Home Page
CHANGES TO THE PET TRAVEL SCHEME in 2012 - As of 1 Jan 2012, the Pet Travel Scheme will be changing to come into line with the rest of Europe. We'll be tracking the changes as they arise and we'll be keeping you up to date with the latest news. Keep an eye on our PET TRAVEL SCHEME UPDATE page....
