The Kennel Club welcomes Select Committee inquiry after pet travel Brexit U-turn.

The organisation has raised concerns about eleventh-hour backtrack on pet travel rules between Northern Ireland and mainland Britain and backs new inquiry
The UK’s biggest organisation dedicated to dog health and welfare is welcoming the announcement (21 January 2021) from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee, launching an inquiry into how new Brexit regulations will impact on animal welfare, disease control and the industry interests.

In an apparent U-turn by Brexit officials, dogs, cats and ferrets need a health certificate and rabies inoculation to travel from Great Britain to Northern Ireland from January 1st 2021. This is required for each journey between the two nations and is expected to typically cost in excess of £100 per issue. Meanwhile, dog owners in Northern Ireland must obtain a European Union pet passport to re-enter the nation following a visit to mainland Britain. In both cases, dog owners are required to take their dog to a vet for tapeworm treatment just days before entering Northern Ireland.

In another inconvenience for pet owners, Brexit red tape means that owners will be unable to take their pet’s food, if it contains meat, dairy or fish, when holidaying in the EU.

KC Press Release: HERE

Good job there are no shows atm - maybe by the time showing resumes, those in 'charge'? will have made up their minds about pet/dog travel between the mainland and Ireland/N.Ireland.   I'd heard somewhere that Pet Passport have been scrapped.   And I have to ask why, with animals moving OUT of the mainland (rabies-free) a rabies vax. is needed, with all the paperwork involved to do that.   To say nothing of the cost.   So much for people wanting to show in N.Ireland/Ireland if it's going to cost £100 per journey.

When leaving for Canada from the UK, before Pet Passport even (and returning when our lot had to go through quarantine), our then two travelled with a Health Certificate and were vaccinated against rabies once landed in Canada - and our then vet recommended a distemper update as that is slightly different in Canada (or so he said).