Wanted: Someone to fly two cats to France!
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I fly with people who fly into France all the time taking the dog. It sits on the back seat of there Arrow as happy as larry. It requires the doggy passport and a vet inspection on exit and entry, after that you are free to go where you want.
OK direct from the DEFRA website: (www.defra.gov.uk)
You may not bring a pet into the UK under the Pet Travel Scheme from a private boat or plane.
PART 1: THE RULES
Your pet must not have been outside any of the countries listed in part 3 in the
6 calendar months immediately before travelling to the UK and must enter the
UK using an approved transport company and route (see part 3c).
Approved Routes
Seriously its a criminal offence under The Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Animals) Order 1974, as amended. They can go to jail and the dog can go to doggy heaven.
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As for the original question, your friends should speak to their vet. The export requirements change all the time, right now the easiest way is to get a Pet Passport part1 and part 5 which meet France's requirements. But that may have changed by the time I press submit.
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The idea I had was to work this in exactly the same fashion as private jet fleets, to get them to hire the aircraft and hire me (at no charge) to carry them and incidentally Tiddles 1&2. Seems that it cannot be any different from a private/corporate aircraft operated without an AOC.
The idea I had was to work this in exactly the same fashion as private jet fleets, to get them to hire the aircraft and hire me (at no charge) to carry them and incidentally Tiddles 1&2. Seems that it cannot be any different from a private/corporate aircraft operated without an AOC.
Tigger4me wrote:
"For the month before we left we put a harness on the cats every night and took them out in the car for a ride to get them used to the idea. They were no trouble at all on the journey and have settled well in their new home."
That sounds by far the best way! But the moggies would probably have hated the hovercraft if they'd been awake enough to notice.
Whereas the Channel Tunnel is very much easier.
Unless these mini-tigers are really schizo, a familiar cat travel box with whatever they normally sleep on inside would seem easiest.
Tiddles 1 & 2 will of course.....need to tiddle. And worse. Not sure how you'd cope with that in a light aeroplane! When 4 of us rented a house plus cat in Lincolnshire, I once drove a chum plus the large tabby cat back from the vet after it had been patched up following yet another turf war. Halfway home it decided to relieve its bladder. My chum had it on his lap at the time and said it was like being drenched in nitric acid! We made him take his jeans off outside the house and throw them in the bin, then jump into the bath wearing the rest of his clothes! And my Scirocco's lovely cream and light tan corduroy seats never did smell the same again, despite every upholstery cleaner known to man and Feu Orange every other week. When the sun came out and the car warmed up, a familiar aroma would make its presence known....
"For the month before we left we put a harness on the cats every night and took them out in the car for a ride to get them used to the idea. They were no trouble at all on the journey and have settled well in their new home."
That sounds by far the best way! But the moggies would probably have hated the hovercraft if they'd been awake enough to notice.
Whereas the Channel Tunnel is very much easier.
Unless these mini-tigers are really schizo, a familiar cat travel box with whatever they normally sleep on inside would seem easiest.
Tiddles 1 & 2 will of course.....need to tiddle. And worse. Not sure how you'd cope with that in a light aeroplane! When 4 of us rented a house plus cat in Lincolnshire, I once drove a chum plus the large tabby cat back from the vet after it had been patched up following yet another turf war. Halfway home it decided to relieve its bladder. My chum had it on his lap at the time and said it was like being drenched in nitric acid! We made him take his jeans off outside the house and throw them in the bin, then jump into the bath wearing the rest of his clothes! And my Scirocco's lovely cream and light tan corduroy seats never did smell the same again, despite every upholstery cleaner known to man and Feu Orange every other week. When the sun came out and the car warmed up, a familiar aroma would make its presence known....
Well, instead of a spare tyre as fitted to smaller-engined SLKs, the SLK 32 AMG actually has a rather nifty hatch in the boot which is perfect for transporting a small cat:
Whereas a pussy would perhaps prefer the 'designo' leather seats, I would think?
Whereas a pussy would perhaps prefer the 'designo' leather seats, I would think?
The Cooler King
I took a cat up in a 172 about three months ago in Wisconsin - cat was in a cat box and wrapped in a blanket but the poor thing was terrified from start up to shutdown....
......it's a BAD idea.
......it's a BAD idea.
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Send Clowns,
and hire me
Repeat what you said again and agin and try to find a bit of "hire me" that does not shout remuneration.
There are no more non-AOC commercial operators. As I said, the old sweep the floor and fly the citation went out years back and two guys have my foot print on their backs! - one now has a CPL and we made up!
Regards,
DFC
and hire me
Repeat what you said again and agin and try to find a bit of "hire me" that does not shout remuneration.
There are no more non-AOC commercial operators. As I said, the old sweep the floor and fly the citation went out years back and two guys have my foot print on their backs! - one now has a CPL and we made up!
Regards,
DFC
