Pet Travel Clinic
Pet Travel Clinic - for all your pet relocation
Paws Resort offers a Pet Travel Clinic service, in which we can perform all of the required tests, treatments and examinations to prepare your pet for export to Australia, New Zealand, the UK or any country in the world! We will do all administration required, apply for your pet’s export permit from the relevant country (some exceptions apply) and take care of all State Vet certification. For Australian and New Zealand relocations, we will also provide assistance in booking your pets into the post-export quarantine station in your destination country.
Export Pets to Australia
We can assist you with all the veterinary and administrative pre-export preparation of your pets for export to Australia.
The Australian import requirements for dogs and cats being exported to Australia changed in 2014. Previously, it was required that they spend six months in a pre-export quarantine facility, undergoing various tests, treatments and examinations to prepare them for export to Australia. Now, the good news is that the new pre-export protocol does not include the necessity of keeping your pets in a quarantine facility before they leave South Africa. It must be noted however, that there are still several tests, treatments and examinations required before they are eligible for export. They also require an Australian import permit, and they will need to spend a minimum of 10 days in a post-export quarantine facility in Australia after they leave South Africa.
Exports Pets to New Zealand
If you are relocating to New Zealand and would like to take your pets with you, there is some pre-export preparation required for them to be eligible for export. Paws Resort can assist you with the entire process.
The requirements to begin the pre-export process are as follows:
All dogs and cats being exported to New Zealand will require an ISO approved microchip to be inserted. The microchips most commonly used in South Africa (BackHome and Identipet), are both ISO approved.
Export Pets to Countries Other Than Australia or New Zealand:
We have prepared pets for export to countries all over the world, including:
- The UK
- The Netherlands
- Seychelles
- Mauritius
- The USA
- Canada
- South African neighbouring countries, including Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
- Kenya
- United Arab Emirates
… and many more.
We can assist in the veterinary pre-export preparation of pets to any country. If we have not previously exported pets to your destination country, we can assist you in researching the requirements of export as far as we are able to and can then provide the necessary veterinary pre-export preparation for the requirements of the destination country.