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Traveling overseas with your pet has gotten easier in the last several years, but it still involves about six months of preparedness and planning. A pet passport is a collection of forms and documents that prove your dog, cat or ferret is fit to enter a foreign country.
If you're simply jumping the pond to the UK or other European Union countries you'll have an easier time of it. If you're going to one of the world's rabies-prone countries, your pet's journey could include more complications, including quarantine.
The Pet Travel Scheme is a program run by the UK's Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) that offers loads of information for those traveling to the UK. If you're traveling or relocating to another country your best bet is this Web site which summarizes all the information you'll need and sorts it by country.
The pet passport is more of a process than a document. There are very specific requirements that must be accomplished in sequence. Be sure to read carefully and double check information that you get from your Vet's office or other sources.
International travel with your pet can't occur until you've met some or all of these requirements:
1. Implant a microchip in pet
2. get rabies vaccination and blood test
3. treat for fleas, ticks and tapeworms 24-48 hours before travel.
4. obtain veterinarian's certification that pet is disease-free and fit to travel.
You might also enjoy the “Pet Travel Week” series
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