HadesOfPurlple
New Kit
Hello, everyone,
I want to open a thread on an issue that greatly concerns me. So far, to the best of my knowledge, to travel or move to the UK from an EU country with rabbits, there was no quarantine required, nor any anti-rabies vaccination. My main problem was thus not the horrid, inhumane quarantine, but finding an airline company that doesn't treat rabbits as objects and tosses them in the back with inanimate luggage (as far as I know, in this country, there is not a single airline that would allow me to keep my bun with me. I have no idea how others with rabbits travel, as I know I am not the only rabbit-friend here). But now......Brexit. Regardless of where you stand on the issue, the fact is no deal Brexit seems precariously likely now, which will change immigration/travel laws, which includes pet travel.
If there is a no deal Brexit, UK will become an 'unlisted' country. I have done research on what this will mean for travelling either from a EU country to the UK (as in my case), or for UK citizens who travel to the EU with their rabbit friends, but have only found information on travel with dogs, cats, and ferrets (seriously? More people have ferrets than rabbits? I know many people have rabbits, but have yet to learn of a single person with a ferret...at least here), and it said that in this dire case, the pets would need to be vaccinated against rabies (and tested prior) 4 months before travelling, but at the same time cannot be tested more than 10 days before travel (how does that make sense? You'd be legally required to test and vaccinate 4 months prior, then test once again less than 10 days prior?); no mention of rabbits, though. Also, I could find nothing on whether the quarantine situation might change or not.
I am sure this is something we are all concerned about, as it will affect all of us who want to travel with our long-eared friends, and don't want any mention of quarantine. Does anyone have any ideas about how this might change? What the situation will be for rabbits (seriously.....ferrets? Not to disparage any ferret-fanciers. I just find it puzzling that they get a mention, and rabbits don't. Maybe they're really popular elsewhere, but here they are as likely to be pets as rats, and rats are not popular here, where they're ubiquitous in urban areas. I was bitten by one; had to take rabies shots for 6 months)? The official sites just say 'contact your vet', but lucky you if UK vets know their politics. Here, they don't even know their craft. There are possibilities of the UK being listed as country 1 or 2 (in which case the reqs wouldn't change much, apparently), but since all I hear about is 'no deal', let's conjecture that's what the case will be, and how this will affect our travelling possibilities, shall we?
I want to open a thread on an issue that greatly concerns me. So far, to the best of my knowledge, to travel or move to the UK from an EU country with rabbits, there was no quarantine required, nor any anti-rabies vaccination. My main problem was thus not the horrid, inhumane quarantine, but finding an airline company that doesn't treat rabbits as objects and tosses them in the back with inanimate luggage (as far as I know, in this country, there is not a single airline that would allow me to keep my bun with me. I have no idea how others with rabbits travel, as I know I am not the only rabbit-friend here). But now......Brexit. Regardless of where you stand on the issue, the fact is no deal Brexit seems precariously likely now, which will change immigration/travel laws, which includes pet travel.
If there is a no deal Brexit, UK will become an 'unlisted' country. I have done research on what this will mean for travelling either from a EU country to the UK (as in my case), or for UK citizens who travel to the EU with their rabbit friends, but have only found information on travel with dogs, cats, and ferrets (seriously? More people have ferrets than rabbits? I know many people have rabbits, but have yet to learn of a single person with a ferret...at least here), and it said that in this dire case, the pets would need to be vaccinated against rabies (and tested prior) 4 months before travelling, but at the same time cannot be tested more than 10 days before travel (how does that make sense? You'd be legally required to test and vaccinate 4 months prior, then test once again less than 10 days prior?); no mention of rabbits, though. Also, I could find nothing on whether the quarantine situation might change or not.
I am sure this is something we are all concerned about, as it will affect all of us who want to travel with our long-eared friends, and don't want any mention of quarantine. Does anyone have any ideas about how this might change? What the situation will be for rabbits (seriously.....ferrets? Not to disparage any ferret-fanciers. I just find it puzzling that they get a mention, and rabbits don't. Maybe they're really popular elsewhere, but here they are as likely to be pets as rats, and rats are not popular here, where they're ubiquitous in urban areas. I was bitten by one; had to take rabies shots for 6 months)? The official sites just say 'contact your vet', but lucky you if UK vets know their politics. Here, they don't even know their craft. There are possibilities of the UK being listed as country 1 or 2 (in which case the reqs wouldn't change much, apparently), but since all I hear about is 'no deal', let's conjecture that's what the case will be, and how this will affect our travelling possibilities, shall we?
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