Dog owners from China sacrifice time and money to move their pets, as Australia's strict import policy starts to bite
Dog owners from China sacrifice time and money to move their pets, as Australia's strict import policy starts to bite
As Australia tries to control the risk of rabies from the importation of cats and dogs, these pet owners say the country's strict policy has cost them time, money and in one case, their dog's health.
Big respect for the owners who move to the quarantine country with their dogs, particularly that couple that lost $50,000 as a result. I don't know how anyone could send their dog off by itself for 6 months. From the dog's perspective it has been abandoned indefinitely for a time that will feel like several years, relative to its total lifespan. That is so, so cruel.
6 months seems like a long time. When my friend's family moved from the UK to Australia back in ~2005 their dog was in quarantine for 1 month. I wonder what the differences are and/or what changes have occurred since then.
must cost an absolute fortune
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Vicky Liu cried with happiness when she reunited with her two fluffy Pomeranian dogs, Princess and Boombah, at the gate of the quarantine centre in Melbourne.
To meet those requirements, Ms Liu, her husband, and the two dogs moved from China's south-western province of Sichuan to South Korea for six months, before arriving in Melbourne for the final quarantine period.
"Countries are approved to export dogs and cats to Australia based on an assessment of the animal health status and the official controls," a department spokesperson said.
"Rabies has been spreading eastwards across the Indonesian archipelago at a steady rate for the last 25 years," said Katie Hampson, professor of disease ecology and public health from the University of Glasgow.
For many dog owners like Chantelle Anderson, spending the six months quarantine with their furry friends is not a realistic option, instead they send their animals to boarding services.
The 30-year-old model who worked in Shanghai said her nine-year-old Shih tzu Gigi became a "very, very different dog" when she finally arrived in Perth, after six months quarantine boarding in a country in South-East Asia.
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