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Request pet transport for your move abroad

Tell us where your pet is going, what kind of animal it is and roughly when it will travel, and we’ll pass your request to a pet transport provider we work with. It is one short form. It asks for countries, not addresses, and it is separate from your removals enquiry.

Useful to have to hand

  • The two countries
  • Your pet’s breed, age and rough size
  • Vaccination dates, if you have them
  • Who will travel with your pet
You don’t need an address or your vet’s records yet. Where there is an "I’m not sure" choice, use it.

Your pet request

Answer what you can. Questions marked (optional) can be left blank, and the rest need an answer so that the provider has something to start from. Nothing is sent until you press the button at the end.

Route

Countries only for now. The provider asks for towns and addresses when it rings you.

Which part of the UK is your pet leaving from?

The rules are different in Northern Ireland, so we ask.

Which part of the UK is your pet going to?

The rules are different in Northern Ireland, so we ask.

When would you like your pet to travel?

A rough idea is fine. If you are moving house too, this can be different from your removal date.

Your pet

How many animals are travelling?

Count every dog, cat or other animal.

The next questions are about the first animal. You can tell us about the others in the box at the end of this part.

What kind of animal is it?

Some providers can’t carry every kind of animal. The provider will tell you whether it can help.

If you are not sure, describe it, for example "small brown mixed breed". For a cross, write both breeds if you know them.

How old is your pet?
How big is your dog?

Choose the closest. An estimate is fine. No measuring needed.

How big is your cat?

Choose the closest. An estimate is fine. No measuring needed.

How big is your pet?

Choose the closest. An estimate is fine. No measuring needed.

You can use kg, pounds or stones.

For each one: the kind of animal, its breed, age and rough size. If you are not sure of something, leave it out.

Health and travel

Which of these has your pet already had?

Tick everything that applies. If more than one animal is travelling, tick only what they have all had.

For example, "rabies jab in March".

Will you be travelling with your pet?

Pets can travel in different ways. The provider will explain what is possible.

How far apart will your trip and your pet’s trip be?

The rules for private pet travel change when the two trips are more than 5 days apart.

Which parts would you like the provider to quote for?

Tick as many as you like. Ticking doesn’t commit you to anything.

Extras

Is there anything the provider should know?

Medication, health, handling, and whether the pet is being sold or rehomed all change what the provider has to arrange.

Please don’t write anything about your own health, or any bank or card details. Up to 500 characters.

Are you also arranging a house move?

Your removals enquiry and this pet request are kept separate. The pet provider doesn’t see details about your home or your belongings.

Not to worry if you can’t find it.

You

The provider usually rings, so we need a number. Add the country code if it is not a UK number.

Do you prefer a call or an email? (optional)

Send

How this works

We’re an introduction service. We don’t move pets ourselves, and we don’t give veterinary advice. When you press Send, we pass the answers above to one pet transport provider we work with, and it contacts you. We can’t promise that any animal can travel, or when.

We’ll pass this request to a pet transport provider we work with, so it can contact you about your pet’s trip. Your removals enquiry stays separate and the provider doesn’t see it. The provider is responsible for how it handles your details after that. You can ask us to delete our copy at any time: [email protected]. Our privacy policy explains how we handle them.

What happens after you send it

  1. The pet transport provider contacts you, usually by phone, to talk through your pet’s trip.
  2. It asks for the details we haven’t, such as your address and your dates, and explains what it can do and what that involves.
  3. You decide whether to go ahead. There is no obligation.
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We can’t say how soon the provider will ring or when your pet will be able to travel. The dates depend on your vet’s paperwork, the route and the provider’s availability. If a call or message doesn’t reach you, look in your junk folder too.

What we pass on, and to whom

When you press Send, we pass the answers on this page to one pet transport provider we work with: your name, email address and phone number, the two countries, and what you tell us about your pet and its trip. We don’t send your request to a list of firms.

Your removals enquiry, if you have sent one, is separate. The pet provider doesn’t see anything about your home, your belongings or your removal dates, and the removal company doesn’t see your pet request. If you give a reference from your removals enquiry, we use it only to link the two in our own records.

The provider uses your details to contact you about this request, and gives its own privacy information when it does. You can ask us to delete our copy at any time by writing to [email protected]. Our privacy policy explains how we handle your details.

What this form leaves for later

This form leaves out what you may not have to hand. The provider will tell you what it needs once it knows what it can do.

  • Your address, and where your pet will be collected from.
  • Exact dates.
  • Anything else it needs for the route, which it will tell you.

None of it is needed to send this request.

What we don’t do

We’re an introduction service. We don’t move pets ourselves, and we don’t give veterinary advice. We can’t tell you whether your pet can travel, what it will cost or when. The rules come from the destination country and from official sources such as Taking your pet dog, cat or ferret abroad on GOV.UK (opens in a new window), and your vet and the provider work from the version in force on your travel date.

If you would like the whole picture before you send anything, read how moving a pet abroad works.

For how the service works and how we use your details, read the terms for this service and how we use your details, or get in touch with a question first.

Where the country list comes from

The country suggestions come from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s Geographical Names Index (opens in a new window) and the UK Trade Tariff (opens in a new window) list of countries and territories. The boxes also accept official names and country codes from those lists and the United Nations M49 table (opens in a new window).

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