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Pet Travel Scheme - Coming back to the UK with your pet

If you are intending to travel back to the UK with your pet at some point in the future you may wish to visit the DEFRA (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) pet travel scheme website which gives all current information on quarantine and the pet travel scheme (PETS) including participating countries, routes and airlines. If you are intending to drive to your destination in Europe then the Drive Alive website may be useful - go to the routes & maps section on this page - it will plan your route and show hotels on the way along with pertinent information as to the acceptablity of pets.

To get your pet into the pet travel scheme you must (in order):

1. Microchip your pet.

2. Have your pet vaccinated against rabies.

3. 30 days or more after step 2. get your vet to take a blood sample to be tested for the rabies antibody.

4. Assuming that this result is positive, the vet wil issue a PETS certificate.

This means that 6 months after the date of the blood test, your pet will then be allowed back into the UK from PETS compliant countries with no quarantine (and early release for those coming back within the 6 months).

Relevant pet travel scheme web articles/sites

Eurotunnel pet travel scheme - Eurotunnel website

Hoverspeed PETS - Hoverspeed/seacat website

Seafrance PETS - Seafrance website

Brittany Ferries PETS - Brittany Ferries website

P&O Ferries PETS - P&O Ferries website

Stena Line Ferries PETS - Stena Line Ferries website

Ledogstop - Invaluable guidance and tips for bringing your pet back from the continent.

Eurotunnel - Guardian Article August 1 2001

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