Bringing pets to the UK: Site map
Home page
Pet Travel Scheme
- Dogs and Cats
- How to bring your dog or cat into or back into the UK without quarantine
- Have your pet vaccinated against rabies and the 21 day wait
- Arrange a blood test and the 6 month rule
- Documentation
- Have your pet treated against ticks and tapeworms
- Preparation checklist - EU countries
- Preparation checklist - non-EU countries
- Different procedures for preparation in certain countries
- Dangerous dogs and hybrid animals
- Dogs
and cats from unlisted countries
- Taking your dog or cat out of the UK to other countries
- Ferrets
- How to bring your ferret into or back into the UK without quarantine
- Have your pet microchipped
- Have your pet vaccinated against rabies and the 21 day wait
- The 6 month rule
- Documentation
- Have your pet treated against ticks and tapeworms
- Preparation checklist
- Ferrets from unlisted
countries
- Taking your ferret out of the UK to other countries
- Domestic rabbits and rodents
- Listed countries, routes and transport companies
- Make
sure your trip goes smoothly
- Looking after your dog or cat during the trip
- Welfare guidance for dog and cat owners
- Welfare guidance on dogs and cats for transport companies
- Health and welfare of your pet abroad
- PETS top tips
- Pets entering the UK from outside the European Community – Customs formalities
- Charges on arrival by air
- Early release from quarantine
- Help finding a vet
- Useful French phrases (dogs, cats and ferrets)
- Useful German phrases (dogs, cats and ferrets)
- Useful Italian phrases (dogs, cats and ferrets)
- Useful
Spanish phrases (dogs, cats and ferrets)
- What vets need to do
- Ferrets
- PETS and Quarantine contact details
- Animal Health Divisional Offices in Great Britain
- DACTARI
- British Embassy websites with PETS information
- Transport company contacts
- French Vets
- UK Microchip manufacturers
Background information
- Statistics for dogs and cats entering the UK
- The Kennedy Report - Summary of recommendations
- Risk assessments
- News Releases and Ministers Statements
- The law
- Quarantine Procedures
- Authorised rabies quarantine premises and carrying agents
- Location map of authorised quarantine premises and carrying agents
- List of authorised quarantine premises
and carrying agents
(122 KB) - Cost of quarantine
- Sharing quarantine accommodation
- Health of your pet in quarantine
- Welfare of pets in quarantine
- Code of practice
- Arranging contracts with owners of quarantine premises
- Completing an application form for an import licence
- Transporting your pet to the UK
- Ports/Airports of entry
- Other possible import requirements
- Checklist
- Complaints
- The law
- Transhipment or transiting the UK
For the public:
- Introduction to the
European Regulation on the Movement of Pet Animals
(124 KB)
- PETS certificates
and transitional arrangements - dogs and cats (142
KB)
- European Union
Countries - dogs and cats (151
KB)
- Non European Union
Countries - dogs and cats (156
KB)
- Ferrets (115
KB)
- Domestic rabbits
and rodents
(33 KB)
For vets in Great Britain:
- Advice to Veterinary
Surgeons in GB: dogs and cats (143
KB)
- Advice
to Veterinary Surgeons in GB: ferrets (68
KB)
Page last modified: 23 January, 2007