2016: Half Year Report
We are half way through our 2016 scheduled pet transports and to date have transported 156 cats and 92 dogs, while Sands Cat Re-Homing activities has seen 57 cats go …
Tighter Controls At Calais Pet Passport
They have tightened the controls at the Pet Passport Office in Calais (Shuttle) for pets (cats and dog) being transported into the UK on either the PETS Scheme, or under …
Transporting Dogs & Cats to Holland
We have added Holland (Rotterdam) to our locations for the scheduled transport of cats and dogs to Germany, Holland and Belgium to accommodate our latest preferred transport partner Greyhound Rescue …
Border Controls (Sort Of)
On our recent (December) pet transport taking re-homed rescue cats and dogs to Germany, Belgium and the UK and personal pets to the UK we encountered a couple of the …
PETS Scheme Tighter Controls
On the last couple of trips we have been asked at pet passport control in Calais for ‘proof’ that we have permission to transport the pets we have been taking …
New Pet Passport Control At Calais: First Impressions
Very impressed with the new Pet Passport Control at Calais (Le Shuttle) as we can now drive the van into a secure garage and they inspect all the animals in …
Transport
Below you will find details regarding ALStrays Pet Transport: processes, details on the vehicles, guidelines on both TRACES and Pets Scheme, and the current pet transport services that we offer …
Back To Work ….
Well that’s the end of another very hot (is getting more humid every year) summer break for Sands and I. We did pretty well ‘switching off’: we saved one Galgo …
TRACES Required When Flying Re-Homed Animal
Just a reminder following couple recent enquiries: 1) a rehomed animal requires TRACES when crossing an EU border whether with a road transporter or a flight partner, and 2) only …
New Pet Passport Woes
It is a while now (4 months) since they brought in the New Pet Passport but it continues to cause people all kinds of issues. One issue is the same …