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Transporting a pet cat from Spain to Ireland in August

  • 25-06-2015 4:38pm
    #1
    Il Trap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Any help here is seriously appreciated. I live in Madrid, Spain and I want to travel home to Ireland in August until September. I need to be able to bring my adult pet cat with me.
    I contacted Aerlingus to be told that pets cannot be carried on their European routes in the cabin or as checked baggage and that I should contact Aerlingus Cargo – I did so and they then told me that there is an embargo on carrying live animals in July and August from Spain due to high temperatures.

    I’m in panic mode now so if anybody could suggest an alternative avenue to go down I would be very grateful. I know that the cat cannot travel to Ireland in an aeroplane cabin but surely there is some other way of getting it to Ireland!?

    Many thanks in advance.


Comments

  • #2
    Help!!!!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭Help!!!!


    Do you have to fly?
    Maybe drive to France & get the ferry


  • #3
    Il Trap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭Il Trap


    I don't have a licence! Ferry travel is not really an option for me. Its a nightmare! I find it amazing that for the entire months of July and August there is no method of transporting a pet to Ireland from inside Spain. I could fly it to the States more easily!!


  • #4
    Help!!!!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭Help!!!!


    Are there no other airlines you could use?


  • #5
    biddywiddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭biddywiddy


    There are some restrictions on flying a pet to the US in the summer months. If the temperature at your destination is over 85F (29.4 C) at any point during the day of travel, then the airline will not accept your pet. So it varies day to day, instead of the blanket ban that Aer Lingus seem to have.

    Anyway, you could try some of the other approved pet carriers listed here: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/pets/approvedpetcarriersroutes/


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