Travel Tips: Transportation of animals
If you decided to travel with your pet, you should pay attention to the rules for transporting animals.
For the purposes of export the animal in the first place you need the documents for the transportation of animals. Cats and dogs are:
To export the animal first of all you need the documents for the transportation of animals. They are as follows (for dogs and cats):
1. Veterinary certificate issued by the state veterinary hospitals. It is issued three days before the trip and is valid only during these three days. It contains the surname of the owner, nickname of the animal, its age and sex, and date of vaccination and worm test. In addition, the certificate includes the itinerary. The certificate shall be signed and sealed by a doctor. Veterinary Certificate is the basic document that certifies the “identity” of your animal at customs control.
2. License for export (in case of export the animal outside the CIS). The license can be obtained in Moscow at Russian breeders associations or Central school of experts of service dog breeding, or at The All-Russian Alliance of Public Associations of Hunting and Fishing (Rosokhotrybolovsoyuz), it all depends on the breed of a dog. If your dog has a pedigree, instead of the license it wil be enough to provide a pedigree.
License for the export of cats may be issued be any Felinological club.
The correctness of paperwork the day of departure customs checks veterinary control.
Customs veterinary control checks the paperwork on the day of departure.
Hamsters, guinea pigs and other rodents are not allowed on board the aircraft.
Now about the flight. Almost all airlines do not allow to keep dogs and cats in the cabin.
Sometimes it is possible to transport the animals, but with weight restrictions (up to 5 to 8 kilograms).
All other animals are kept in a special department of the luggage compartment.
A passenger ticket and a separate passenger seat are required for dogs weighing over 40 kg.
Guide dogs accompanying blind or deaf passengers are transported in the cabin. Such a dog must be muzzled and be near the host, it is transported for free.
During the flight all the animals must be in special containers that meet the requirements of the International Air Transport Association and the containers must be of appropriate animal size.
In most cases, animal transportation is charged as excess baggage.
At the same time, many countries have their own characteristics and requirements for transporting animals.
Therefore, traveling to a particular country, you should find out all the rules in advance.
Some countries have very strict restrictions on the importation of animals and require additional vaccinations, certificates, and they also provide quarantine (6 months).
Finally, the carrier is not liable for any loss, illness or death of an animal, as well as in the case of refusal to accept it on the territory of the country.
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