Pet Passport Travel Scheme
The Pet Travel Scheme
(or PETS for short) , allows cats and dogs to re-enter the UK without quarantine..
Pet Passports are an official certificate for pet travel that can be obtained by following the guidelines set out below . For the latest information on obtaining a Pet Passport and using the Pet travel scheme then please visit the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) website.
Passport for Pets requirements.
1. Get your pet fitted with a microchip at your local veterinary surgery.
2. After the microchip has been fitted your pet must be vaccinated against rabies and then a blood test will be performed to check the level of protection against rabies. There is a 6 month waiting period between the rabies vaccination and blood test. So be sure to plan ahead if you wish to obtain a Pet Passport before your holiday.
3. Obtain the official PETS certificate.
4. Your pet must be treated against ticks & tapeworm 24-48 hours before you re-enter the UK and issued with an official certificate of treatment.
5. Be sure to pre book your travel and advise in plenty of time of your intention to travel with an animal. Most ferry operators allow animals to travel with a Pet Passport under the Pet Travel Scheme.
You should budget approximately £150 when you apply for a pet passport.
Local Vets in the Le Touquet area:
CUCQ
Clinique Veterinaire De La Cote D’opale
Xavier Bollart & Jose-Marie Fournier
1288 av.de la Liberation
Tel: 03 21 94 02 56
Recomended by one of our clients, experienced in the PETS process and they speak some English.
Close to L’Opale and St Andre villa’s.
Etaples
Eric Caudron
30 Rue Rosamel
0321 949212
Lauren Goube
18 Boulevard Bigot Descelers
0321 946701
Montreuil
Ollevier et Osset
61 Pl General de Gaulle
0321 062203
Please note the details above are provided as a courtesy from listings in yellow pages and by our clients.
We make no endorsement of, and assume no responsibility for any goods or services offered by these companies.
 | download: DEFRA European Union Factsheet (194.05KB) added: 21/06/2010 clicks: 506 description: DEFRA factsheet on the PETS process. Please check the DEFRA website for the latest information. |
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Dear Jo reading the DEFRA website it looks like the 6 month waiting period is still valid at the moment but things change from the 1st January 2012 and there are new rules.
2012 Rule.
“Have your pet vaccinated – After the microchip has been fitted your pet must be vaccinated against rabies. There is no exemption to this requirement, even if your pet has a current rabies vaccination. Rabies boosters must be kept up to date.The length of the waiting period before entry to the UK is 21 days after the vaccination date. If the vaccination is in two parts the 21 day wait will be from the date of the second vaccination.” Source DEFRA Website.
are you sure the sentence above “There is a 6 month waiting period between the rabies vaccination and blood test” is correct? I thought the blood test could be taken about 4 weeks after the vaccination, and then there is a 6 month waiting period between a successful blood test (i.e. one showing the right level of antibodies)and being able to bring the pet into the UK.