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Bringing pets to Britain

What you have to do to bring your pet dog or cat into (or back into) Britain through the Pet Travel Scheme (or PETS for short) without putting it into quarantine. This site also tells you about quarantine in Britain for animals that don’t qualify for PETS.

Dog and Cat Travel And Risk Information (DACTARI). This is a scheme to find out about the occurrence of exotic diseases in dogs and cats in Great Britain.

What's new

4 December 2003 - Virgin Atlantic have a new route from Orlando Florida to London Gatwick starting 5 December 2003.

2 December 2003 - Information about the new EU pet passport is available.

18 November 2003 - bmi british midland have new routes from Tenerife North and South to London Heathrow starting 24 November 2003. Britannia Airways Cargo have a new route from Bridgetown, Barbados to London Gatwick.

3 November 2003 - American Airlines Cargo have announced the following new routes from the USA: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and New York (JFK) to London Heathrow.

31 0ctober 2003 - British Airways are introducing three new routes from New York (JFK), Los Angeles (LAX) and Chicago (ORD) to London Heathrow. (Starting 1 November 2003)

30 October 2003 - P&O ferries have two new routes from Rotterdam (Europort) and Zeebrugge to Hull (starting 4 November 2003).

20 October 2003 - There are 3 new routes with Clay Lacy Aviation from Boeing Field (Seattle), Los Angeles and Van Noyes (California), all to London Gatwick. In each case the plane must be booked, not just the ticket.

16 October 2003 - NetJets Transportes Aereos SA have announced the following new routes:

From the US: Bangor, Chicago (O'Hare), Dallas (Love), Detroit, Farmingdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Minneapolis, New York (JFK), New York (Teterboro), Newark, Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle and White Plains, and from Canada flying from Gander, Goose Bay, Halifax, Montreal (Darval), Montreal (Mirabel), St John's, Stephenville and Winnipeg.

All these routes fly to London Heathrow and will operate from 15 October 2003. In all cases, the plane must be booked, not just the seat.

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