Early in 2004 most of the EU dropped 90% of the pet quarantine regs.

Under the PETS program a dog arriving in England via an "unauthorised route"
(meaning private boat) from a "listed country" (meaning the US and a lot of
other places) may have to spend a few days in quarantine until his paperwork
can be verified but unless you really screw things up it is highly unlikely
it will be locked up for 6 months. Check out www.defra.gov.uk for the
details.

I am pretty familiar with the BVI rules as we sent a Portuguese water dog
down to Virgin Gorda last spring and there is no formal quarantine. It did
take some paper work. We had to have him microchipped and besides the usual
rabies, worm, parvo, lyme disease and a couple of other tests we did have
one test called a Titer test done. Only a few labs in the US do it and they
have a 3 month backlog so we sent the samples off to England. Dog arived on
a private yacht and the owner was told by C&I to "keep him away from other
anamals for a while". I have no idea why they required the microchip as
nobody at C&I seems to have a chip reader down there.

There are many reasons not to have pets on a cruising boat but if you have
the propper documents the fear of quarantines is not one of them.

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Glenn Ashmore

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"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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Ingore what the alarmist are saying. It is not easy cruising with a dog
but
NO IT DOES NOT mean that your dog gets locked up in some pound for 6
months.
Even in England which is used to be the toughest does not require
quarintine
if you have the proper paperwork. In those places that do have strict
quarintines the dog stays in designated hostels where you can visit any
time.

In the BVI it means house arrest. The dog can't leave the house or boat
until the quarantine period is over. But to get an import permit you do
have to provide certified test results for a number of deases which can
be
expensive and there is only one lab in the US that does one of the
tests.
.

Otherwise the dog has to stay onboard. On the few islands with
quarintine
regulations if he is reported or caught outside quarantine he will be
immediately distroyed with no appeals. But in the BVI technically that
is
true also for any dog not on a leash.
Glenn Ashmore

Hi Glenn:
I am not sure where you got your information, but, the rule for England is
6
months quarantine if the dog arrives by boat. There are specil permits
available to import a dog to England, by aircraft only, that can be
applied
if the dog meets all of the requirements. You may check this with English
Customs. I did. This same rule also applies to BVI and many other
Islands
in the Caribbean. It is best to leave the dog at home. It would be a
terrible thing to ignore the rule and have your pet destroyed.

Jim Carter
"The Boat"
Bayfield