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  • 03-07-2015 7:27pm
    #1
    hathcock
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭hathcock


    Enquired about sending a pup to England today,seems it's now mandatory to get a rabies shot and a pet passport to travel.We are not a source country for rabies,neither is the UK,so who in their infinite wisdom came up with this one,more expense and absolutely no need for it at all.Just another way to rip people off in my opinion,what a f***ed up idea,being charged for a shot that's not necessary at all.I feel like giving up!!!!!!


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  • #2
    Kiltris
    Registered Users Posts: 234 ✭✭Kiltris


    Ya it's completely wrong. I wonder what the requirements are for bringing a dog in here?


  • #3
    Koro
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭Koro


    I exported my dog to NZ awhile back. I had to have him tested for rabies, babasia, canine brucellosis and a few more diseases not present here in Ireland (some only found in Africa). The NZ ministry of agriculture said I could send the dog without testing for these if I got a letter off the Irish ministry stating that the we're not present in Ireland however the Irish ministry said because they don't test for them they can't say unequivocally that they are not present here. The usual BS and laziness I have come to expect from Irish civil servants. Ps when the dog arrived in NZ their official asked why these tests were done (except rabies) as dogs from the UK aren't tested because their government said they are not present in the UK.


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    allan450
    Registered Users Posts: 616 ✭✭✭allan450


    iv sent pups to england.50 euro for the passport and the shots.just add it on to the price of the pup


  • #5
    snipe49
    Registered Users Posts: 735 ✭✭✭snipe49


    allan450 wrote: »
    iv sent pups to england.50 euro for the passport and the shots.just add it on to the price of the pup
    Don't be sending pups to England we need to keep the Great ones here Alan:D


  • #6
    hathcock
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭hathcock


    allan450 wrote: »
    iv sent pups to england.50 euro for the passport and the shots.just add it on to the price of the pup

    Not the point Allan,it's an unnecessary cost as we're not a source country for rabies.


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  • #7
    Alaia Obedient Science
    Posts: 0 ✭ Alaia Obedient Science


    hathcock wrote: »
    Enquired about sending a pup to England today,seems it's now mandatory to get a rabies shot and a pet passport to travel.We are not a source country for rabies,neither is the UK,so who in their infinite wisdom came up with this one,more expense and absolutely no need for it at all.Just another way to rip people off in my opinion,what a f***ed up idea,being charged for a shot that's not necessary at all.I feel like giving up!!!!!!

    Strange that you don't need a rabies shot when sending a dog to USA.


  • #8
    meathstevie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,772 ✭✭✭meathstevie


    It doesn't make much sense when travelling from let's say Ireland to the UK as rabies is pretty much unheard of in either country but since this is an EU wide standard and rabies does occur in locations across the EU it does make sense. Rabies is a horrible death for animal and human alike when unfortunate enough to contract it. Your dog will need a vet certified worm treatment before return as well when you take him further afield than the UK by the way.

    Having said that, I've travelled to the continent with my dog not a week ago and neither DEFRA nor the French equivalent appear to be checking much at the ferry ports on the way out, I'll find out in a weeks' time about the opposite direction.


  • #9
    Alaia Obedient Science
    Posts: 0 ✭ Alaia Obedient Science


    These are the new regulations. http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/pets/


  • #10
    T338
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭T338


    I just moved back to Ireland from the Uk and was told by a vet I needed pet passport and rabies vaccine cost a little over £300 sterling for two dogs, absolute joke.


  • #11
    robertpatterson
    Registered Users Posts: 929 ✭✭✭robertpatterson


    If you sent the dog over from the north would you still need the passport?


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  • #12
    hathcock
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭hathcock


    robertpatterson wrote: »
    If you sent the dog over from the north would you still need the passport?

    That's a very good question,níl fhios agam.


  • #13
    meathstevie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,772 ✭✭✭meathstevie


    hathcock wrote: »
    That's a very good question,níl fhios agam.

    Not if it's an NI resident animal because the dog would be going from one UK port to another an technically speaking would not leave, enter or re-enter UK territory.

    You could be asked if you started your journey in the UK though which brings you back to square one if you live in Ireland.


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