Barnaby Longdog - fighting against illegal dog importing

Originally, I intended on writing a post detailing the involvement of transporters. However, it soon became apparent that there were few, if any, not currently or previously involved with bringing in dogs without the correct documentation or health checks required to enter the UK. Whilst some only bring in dogs who have been correctly vaccinated, others are not so diligent and thus we have dogs arriving with parvo, distemper and other diseases. Only one openly admitted their involvement and to the best of my knowledge, stopped carrying illegal dogs from Bosnia to Romania in July. Some, within the rescue world, hold the transporters mostly responsible for the current influx of illegal dogs but I have to disagree with this. It makes no difference to them whether a dog is legal or illegal, the aren't paid double for carrying illegal dogs so do not benefit from risking seizure of dogs and fines for trafficking. The argument is that if the refused to carry illegal dogs, the t...

Every Serbia rescue dog in the UK is illegal That's quite a statement to make and at the time of doing so, that is what I genuinely believed. After researching, speaking with people both here and across Europe, I could not find anybody importing dogs correctly. Today, I have to correct myself and admit I was wrong, in fact 99.55% of Serbian dogs in the UK are here illegally! Over time, it became clear to me that nobody advertising Serbian rescue dogs for rehoming was bringing them out in accordance with the Serbian and UK regulations. So I submitted a freedom of information  request and waited for the reply.  A quick recap on the regulations -  1)rescue dogs are classed as commercial goods as their movement is for the purpose of transfer of ownership. They CAN NOT come out on pet passport schemes. 2)for non EU countries, regulations differ but include Bosnia, 3 week quarantine, rabies vaccination then leave from a registered facility. Serbia, rabies vaccinatio...

Many of you will be aware that Claudiu worked for Jodie Fairbrother and will be aware of his  accident and whilst it was a truly horrific accident which has impacted on a mans life, it does not entitle him and others to continue their illegal activities in the UK. Below you will see Jane Turner talking to Jodie Fairbrother,  Jane worked with/utilised/used (whatever you want to call it) Jodie's transport to bring in a dogs from Bosnia without the correct documentation.   ( I have now been informed that they were unaware  of the correct procedures and thought the dogs were brought in legally)   As Jane runs a rescue, my opinion is that she had a responsibility to ensure dogs were brought in legally. Not just Jane, anybody bringing dogs in from abroad must ensure they are informed, more so when it involves a non EU country. The pet passport scheme was set up to allow dogs to travel with their owners. The assumption is that owners will ensure their dog...