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21st July 2003:
Newsletter 34 and associated flier have been added to Members Page. Note also
that we now have a new bulletin board which will hopefully be easier to use
than the previous “new” one. Apologies also for the glitch on the website for
the past couple of weeks – we
are in the early stages of transferring website responsibilities and the
glitch occurred just before a vacation and was not spotted –Simon’s fault
entirely! 24th June 2003: The
proposed European Union Pet Travel Scheme proposal has recently been printed
in the "Official Journal of the European Union" and will thus
become effective on 3 Jul 2004. The legislation is posted on the
Member's Page (.pdf format). 17th June 2003: Note
that to use the new bulletin board, please sign-up to Akheva as a global
user. An access problem has also been reported by a member who was not using
IE. The old board on the World
Crossing site has now vanished. A response from World Crossing is awaited. 8th June 2003: A new
bulletin board is now available. If World Crossing makes a comeback, the
possibility of transferring old posts to the new board will be explored. 8th June 2003: Bulletin Board has been unavailable
for the last few days. Apologies, but this has not been under QUAFF control,
and no warning was given by World Crossing that their website would be down.
In view of this, a new bulletin board provider is being sought, and a QUAFF
board will be available again shortly. Unfortunately, unless World Crossing
revives, all previous postings to the board will be lost. 2nd June 2003: Continental
Airlines have been approved to operate new PETS routes from Cleveland,
Houston and Newark, USA to London Gatwick this summer. Bookings can now be
made on 001 800 575 3335 or 001 281 553 5052. 29th May 2003: NEW
PETS ROUTES: Britannia Airways have 5 new routes from Italy to London
Gatwick: Naples, Olbia (Sardinia), Pisa, Venice and Verona. These are
currently limited to a summer only schedule. 16th May 2003: USE
OF AIR CANADA BY US PETS. To clarify the requirement, USA prepared
animals using the Canadian approved PETS routes must be fully prepared in the
USA i.e. 10th May 2003: NEW
PETS ROUTES: Britannia Airways to Gatwick from Rhodes, Corfu, Heraklion and Thessalonici. All the arrangements for booking, paper checking etc are carried out by Easipets Tel: 01342 832161. Pets can travel accompanied or unaccompanied. 8th May 2003 : FIRST ROUTE FROM USA - From 8 May, Virgin Atlantic Airways are introducing a route from Los Angeles to Heathrow for a 3 month trial. Britannia Cargo are now operating their route from Sanford, Florida to Gatwick. Animals must travel either unaccompanied or with someone who has booked a package holiday with Britannia Airways from the UK. Contact the company for more details. 5th May 2003: The following new PETS routes are now approved: NetJets from Gibraltar to Heathrow. The plane must be booked, not just the ticket. KLM Cargo to London Heathrow, all via Amsterdam: Antwerp, Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Helsinki, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Nice, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Stavanger, Stockholm, Toulouse, Vienna and Zurich. There is also a direct route from Amsterdam. Britannia Airways are now accepting guide dogs which may travel in the cabin on the following routes, all to London Gatwick: Alicante, Arrecife, Faro, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas, Palma, Malaga and Tenerife. They also have the following new routes to London Gatwick, for guide dogs only: Larnaca, Paphos and Valletta. GB Airways to London Gatwick: Murcia and Toulon-Hyeres. April 29th 2003: NL
33 now on Members Page April 24th 2003: US
AIR ROUTES - Virgin Atlantic Airways have stated that it intends to launch
the (PETS) scheme in the second half of May, probably on the London-Los
Angeles route. It will then be rolled-out on all nine of our US routes
within 3 to 6 months. April 9th 2003: NEW
PET ROUTES: Maersk Air Cargo are now operating the following
routes: 31st March 2003: TRAVEL
FROM US TO UK VIA CANADA. DEFRA has now agreed that pets from US may
enter UK by flying via Canada on the only approved route from North America -
AIR CANADA, thus avoiding need for Early Release procedures (and saving of
about £300 kennel fees). The only niggle may be willingness of CAN Vety Officer to sign the USDA Parasite Treatment certificate to confirm application of container seal. We simply suggest people ring the Vety Officer in advance to discuss this. For list of CAN Vety Officers see: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/export/uk-rue.shtml 4th March 2003: NEW
PETS ROUTES: GB Airways will be operating the following routes from 1
& 3 March 2003 respectively:
Girona and Mahon, Spain to London Gatwick 27th February 2003: NEW
PETS ROUTES Air Canada will be operating the
following routes from 1 March 2003: Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, St. John's,
Vancouver and Ottowa to London Heathrow. Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) will
be operating the following routes from 3 March 2003: Copenhagen and Oslo to
London Heathrow. 25th February 2003: Olympics
2004: "GIVE THE STRAYS OF GREECE A SPORTING CHANCE" The following site is organising demonstrations in support of Greek dogs: 10th February 2003: Hoverspeed
are no longer operating their Ostend to Dover route.
P&O Ferries may now accept guide and hearing dogs with foot passengers on
their Calais to Dover route. 27th January 2003: NEW ROUTE - Routes from Fort
Lauderdale, Sanford and Palm Beach, USA to London Gatwick are now available
with Britannia Airways but only for those booking package holidays with the
company.
27th January 2003:
"AN APPEAL TO THE UNITED NATIONS FOR AN ANIMAL RIGHTS BILL" 26th January 2003: See
North America page for detailed description of one dog’s preparations and
passage to UK. 23rd January 2003: The
following note appears on the DEFRA website: "Your pet must travel to the UK from a Long Haul country on a direct route. It must not go via any other Long Haul or European country". Note by QUAFF: It must also travel in a sealed container and travel in hold as cargo. 21st January 2003: Astraeus Cargo will be operating the following route from 1 April 2003: Murcia to London Gatwick. They are no longer operating the following routes: Athens, Kos, Mahon and Malaga to London Gatwick 14th January 2003: The Canadian
Travel and Parasite Certificates have been produced. The Travel Certificate
must be obtained from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency office while the
Parasite Certificate and regulations are promulgated at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/export/uk-rue.shtml 9th January 2003: For good experience of recent
pet entry to UK from US see EARLY RELEASE SYSTEM dated 8 Jan on the
BULLETIN BOARD. 9th January 2003: NEW PETS ROUTES: Singapore Airlines Cargo will be operating the following route from 1 February 2003: Singapore to London Heathrow. Netjets Transportes Aereos S.A. are now operating the following routes. Please note that the plane must be booked not just the ticket! All into London Heathrow:Brussels, Copenhagen, Cannes, Marseille, Paris (Charles de Gaulle), Toulon (Hyerres), Berlin (Tegal), Cologne-Bonn, Frankfurt (Main or Hahn), Hamburg, Munich, Florence, Milan (Linate or Malpensa), Rome (Ciampino), Rome (Fiumincino), Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Oslo, Faro, Lisbon, Barcelona, Ibiza, Madrid (Barajas or Torrejon), Palma - Majorca and Gothenburg. 8th January 2003: We are now informed that the
certificates have been modified to conform to DEFRA requirements. 5th January 2003: WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY DEFRA THAT THE
CERTICATES MENTIONED BELOW ARE NOT YET APPROVED! 4th January 2003: Both the Pet Travel Certificate and
Parasite Treatment Certificate are now available in the US. We now await the
approval of an airline. See NORTH AMERICA page for further detail. 4th January 2003: Both the Pet Travel Certificate and Parasite Treatment Certificate are now available from vets in USA.
For your local USDA office see here ( http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ncie/iregs/animals/vsavic.pdf )
For copy of the US Tick and Worm Certificate see here (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ncie/iregs/animals/UK%20Pet%20SchemeTicksTapeworms_.pdf
For USDA outline procedure see here ( http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ncie/iregs/animals/UK%20pets%20scheme%20outline.pdf
For USDA procedure flowchart see here ( http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ncie/iregs/animals/UK%20PET%20SCHEME%20flow%20chart.pdf 22nd Nov 2002: Early Release Kennel
document updated on Members Page. 21st Nov 2002: The Minister announced
today that UK Pet Travel Scheme is to be extended to USA and Canada from 11
December 2002. DEFRA is working on the introduction of the necessary
certificates and working with at least one airline to provide the required
'approved' route. It is not known whether both these essentials elements will
be in place by 11 Dec. In their absence owners may import pets to a
quarantine kennel for 2/3 days and apply for early release. 15th Nov 2002: Details of a Quarantine
Kennel experienced in the Early Release procedure and near Heathrow are
available on the Member's Page. In addition to a rabies vaccination
certificate and blood test result, dogs must have been vaccinated against
Distemper, Hepatitis, Leptospirosis and Parvovirus. 11th Nov 2002: Members preparing pets for
the UK Pet Travel Scheme in US or CANADA are advised to persuade their vets
to write the date/month fully (i.e. 5 November 2002) when completing
vaccination certificates and blood sample forms. 5-10-2002 may
mean MAY to you but it means November in the UK and may cause trouble for
pets entering UK under the Early Release scheme. 5th November 2002: Sadly the announcement
on inclusion in PETS of USA and Canada was not made before the Minister
departed for a 2 week conference in Chile !!! We HOPE it will be made soon
after his return to work! 31st October 2002: New Routes: From 1
November 2002 GB Airways will be operating from Almeria and Lanzarote to
London Gatwick. 27th October 2002: The announcement on
the future of USA and Canada is now expected in early November! 1st October 2002: TAKING PETS TO FRANCE - See update on NA page and
EUpets page. 25th September 2002: TAKING PETS TO FRANCE. A FRENCH PET TRAVEL SCHEME. The French Government has just introduced new legislation effective from NOVEMBER 2 2002 on the import of a wide variety of animals, including pet dogs and cats, from countries in which rabies exists. This requires them to be microchipped, vaccinated and a sample drawn (no less than 30 days from the date of vaccination and more than THREE months from the date of import) and tested. A French language Certificate Sanitaire confirming this must then be completed by your vet. The French Embassy in the country of origin is responsible for providing a translation to help the vet and we are currently trying to obtain an English version. Cats and dogs are also required to have been treated for four further maladies. 22nd September 2002: The Member's page password has changed. It is contained in Newsletter 31 in mail 23 Sep. 7th September 2002: WARNING-Malicious e-mail with Virus We have received a note from a member informing us that he has received an e-mail supposedly from QUAFF with the title "Some Questions". This has nothing to do with us and contains a virus. Anyone receiving such a message should delete it. 31st August 2002: The following are new approved routes: GB Airways - Funchal (Madeira) to London Gatwick Astraeus Cargo - Tenerife to London Gatwick Astraeus Cargo will operate the Kos (Greece) and Mahon (Spain) routes as part of their summer schedule only (from 2003). The following Astraeus Cargo routes will now NOT go ahead: Almeria to London Gatwick 24th August 2002: An archive of the old Bulletin Board postings for 2002 is now available at http://freespace.virgin.net/simon.green/QuaffChat_archive2002.htm and linked from the HomePage. 23rd August 2002: Astraeus Cargo will begin operating their Athens to London Gatwick service from 16 September 2002. British Airways have re-installed their Rome to London Gatwick route. 22nd August 2002: Bulletin Board change Due to BeSeen.com pulling the rug on its hosted board service from 26th August, the QUAFF CHAT board can now be found at http://worldcrossing.com/WebX?1@@.ef43570 16th August 2002: New Route Britannia Airways are now operating the following routes: Alicante, Arrecife, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas, Malaga, Palma, Tenerife and Faro (Portugal) all into London Gatwick. 3rd August
2002: New Route Bahrain-London Heathrow - Gulf Air
from 3 August. Athens to Gatwick: Astraeus Cargo
- beginning late August. Almeria and Murcia (Spain) to Gatwick
- from September. Hook of Holland to Harwich: Stena
will accept foot passengers with pets, Dieppe to Newhaven: Hoverspeed will also accept foot passengers with pets. 12 July 2002 Owners preparing their pets with a
view to travelling to UK as soon as NA is included are reminded that their
pets should NOT travel outside North America between blood sampling and
travel to UK. They will be required to sign a Declaration to this effect on
entry to UK. 7 July 2002 DEFRA has added Questions and
Answers to their 1 Jul Press Release page. See NORTH AMERICA page. 7 July 2002 EU PETS and North America pages
updated. 1 July 2002 The long awaited Ministerial
announcement has been made. The Press Release can be seen on the DEFRA
Website ( www.defra.gov.uk ). The good
news is that NA inclusion is now virtually certain; the bad news that DEFRA
deems further work on the Risk Assessment to be necessary. A final decision
is now likely in the Autumn. 27 June 2002 The EU Council of Ministers
(Agricultural) has agreed the conditions of the EU PET TRAVEL SCHEME. It now
goes to the European Parliament and, assuming approval, then into the
Journal. It then takes 12 months before becoming effective. Estimated start
time – Autumn 2003. The outline conditions can be seen on EU PETS page. 26 June 2002 GB Airways have suspended their
Lisbon and Las Palmas PETS routes to London Gatwick. 19th June 2002: US Laboratory approved for PETS
Scheme: Rabies/FAVN Lab, Kansas State
University, 1800 Denison Avenue, Mosier Hall Rm O-245, Manhattan, Kansas
66506-5600. Tel: 785 532 4483 Fax:785 532 4298 See also Member's page. 10th
June 2002: Stena Line
are now operating the route Hoek van Holland to Harwich. 28th
May 2002: Marquis Jet
Europe will be operating the following routes: Malaga, Paris (Le Bourget), Nice, Zurich and
Geneva all into London Heathrow (the plane must be booked, not just the
ticket) BMI british midland will
allow the carriage of assistance dogs in the cabin on the following
routes: Palma and
Madrid into London Heathrow Astraeus Cargo will be
operating the following routes: Alicante and Malaga into London Gatwick. We are awaiting confirmation
of the start date from Astraeus Cargo of the following routes: Almeria, Athens,
Corfu, Mahon, Murcia and Kos to London Gatwick Brittany Ferries will be
operating the following route during the Winter Schedule: St Malo to Plymouth
8th May 2002: FAQ updated. French health certificate updated on
Members Page. 1. NORTH AMERICA-PREPARING FOR TRAVEL TO UK Apr 2002 2. 'NORTH AMERICA - THE REQUIRED TREATMENT' Apr 2002 3. LIST OF VETS IN EUROPE AWARE OF REQUIREMENTS Apr 2002 4. LIST OF APPROVED LABORATORIES Apr 2002 5. UK LAB SUBMISSION FORM 6. UK LAB SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS 7.
AIR TRAVEL GUIDE Apr 2002 The required legislation is now in
place and DEFRA will shortly announce that BAHRAIN is an accepted Rabies-Free
Island under the terms of the UK Pet Travel Scheme, commencing on 1 May 2002.
However, until the Bahrain Certificates are available to Bahraini
vets and an airline/route licensed, pet owners
will have to make use of the Early Release Procedure (see FAQ). 27 March 2002;
New PETS scheme routes: Brittany Ferries will be
operating the following route during the winter schedule only: Santander to
Portsmouth From 1 April 2002 GB Airways
will be operating the following routes: Nantes, Malaga, Seville and Valencia
all into London Gatwick Existing GB Airways routes from
Faro (Gibraltar) and Malta will switch to fly into London Gatwick from 1
April 2002 The GB Airways route from
Lisbon to London Gatwick is suspended for the summer months March 20th
2002: Jet
Aviation are operating the following routes from 16 March: Zurich, Le
Bourget, Avignon, Nice and Samedan all into London Heathrow. This is a
charter company and you have to book the plane not just the ticket. 1. Lufthansa are
now operating the following route: Hamburg-London Heathrow. 2. Tag Aviation
(UK) Ltd are now operating the following routes: Rome (Ciampino),
Milan (Linate), Genova, Zurich, Nice, Paris (le Bourget) all to London Heathrow.
This is a charter company and you have to book the plane not just the
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