Tam and Toby ~~ Hunting Zorba .....Take two.

[Phileas Dog]

Have been in pet passport building many times, Eastern European vans arrive with crates full of puppies, tiny shivering babies, cold and miserable, don’t look old enough to be away from mum.
But they all have passports/paperwork, and are chipped, poor miserable babies
Passed on to someone who thinks they are buying a healthy puppy.
Shouldn‘t be allowed.

 

[Helen Ariel]

Been happening a long time before covid unfortunately.
They'll arrange a transfer at a motorway services somewhere - some believable excuse why you can't collect - the animal's welfare is not a priority...
Used to be strays hoovered up from the streets, so no idea of their history.
Now the puppy farms banned in the UK have relocated.

Plenty of UK dogs need rehoming without resorting to Eastern Europe.

Trouble is, Animal Rescue Charity is now big business.

IME there isn't enough supply vs demand for rescue dogs in my park of uk. I used to volunteer at a rescue and a dog wouldn't be in for even a week in most cases. The rescue would bring lots over from Ireland to keep up with demand and they are super cautious about who they rehome to. I'll be rescuing a Spanish or Portuguese dog next i recon.

 

[bobandjanie]

Its amazing how many uk registered vans come in here each with like 10 or so dogs in transit ....i think thats 14 ive seen now just since 3.30 ish

I also watched an immigrant trying the doors on a sprinter van with a car on a trailer...seen him dissapear round the back of the van and not appear again the whole time the owner was in passport place... So i shouted to the owner when he came out to check his van ..lo and behold the car doors were open and the guy was crouched down in the back ..just aswell i have milo the rottweiler that barks if a fly goes past. Seems these buggers are still trying it on. View attachment 474643View attachment 474644View attachment 474645

Bringing your pet dog, cat or ferret to Great Britain

Bringing pets into Great Britain: pet passports, Great Britain pet health certificates, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, travelling with assistance dogs.

www.gov.uk

Sounds like they are not abiding by the rules, probably not declared all of them. Bob

 

[mitzimad]

maybe the rules at british rehomers should be relaxed a little when we rehomed a dog we said never again the hoops you have to jump through are ridiculous

 

[Twogirls]

maybe the rules at british rehomers should be relaxed a little when we rehomed a dog we said never again the hoops you have to jump through are ridiculous

True. They make less fuss if you want to adopt a child than they do about adopting a dog

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[emjaiuk]

maybe the rules at british rehomers should be relaxed a little when we rehomed a dog we said never again the hoops you have to jump through are ridiculous

True. They make less fuss if you want to adopt a child than they do about adopting a dog

Whilst I'm full of praise for the work they do, some rescues lose sight of what they're there for. One of our current dogs was brought in to the council where my wife worked at the time by the dog warden. She immediately decided it would be our next dog. Rules say dog must go to Battersea (at Windsor) from council. No problem until we took our existing dog there to double check there would be no problem. There wasn't until the so called dog behaviourist there decided there was. In the end I had to threaten to go to the national press, where I had connections, before they would let us have her. I know more about dogs behaviour than she did.
As a matter of interest the dog is still with us, and she had many happy years with the other dog before he left us.

I strongly believe dog breeders and others involved in pedigree and designer dogs should have to pay a very hefty annual licence fee to trade, together with an equally hefty tax on each dog sold. both of which should go to cover the costs of policing the trade, with a proportion going to dog rescue.

 

[Northernraider]

Well i thought yesterday was bad but just taken dogs out for their morning pee and theres 11 animal transport vans in this carpark right now
Seems its big business

 

[scousebird]

Have a good trip home Tam.

 

[Podney]

11! I wonder how many dogs per van,and how many van loads per week. Big business indeed,although I recently read somewhere that a lot of WFH folk are now going back to work and selling their dogs, so demand might slacken.

All seems a bit odd to me....an ideal project for an investigative journalist. Much as I distrust the press,they are very good at animal care stories. Perhaps you should send photos to the Daily Fail (other comics are available).

 

[Podney]

Oh,and I meant to say......have a good journey home. It has certainly brightened many a dull day by reading about your travels,and even your trials and tribulations.

By the way,we drive on the left here.....probably the same in bonnie Scotland

Take care.

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[spitfire]

Safe journey north . No fish and chips haggis or white pudding supper for me ! Funny when forced to move to England shire for work the chip shop looked at us strangely when we asked for a supper lol

 

[Northernraider]

11! I wonder how many dogs per van,and how many van loads per week. Big business indeed,although I recently read somewhere that a lot of WFH folk are now going back to work and selling their dogs, so demand might slacken.

All seems a bit odd to me....an ideal project for an investigative journalist. Much as I distrust the press,they are very good at animal care stories. Perhaps you should send photos to the Daily Fail (other comics are available).

Theres been many more since ...lots and lots of Romanian vans some even with trailers.

 

[Lenny HB]

Well i thought yesterday was bad but just taken dogs out for their morning pee and theres 11 animal transport vans in this carpark right now
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Not nice, if it is going on everyday a bit alarming. I hope they all end up in good homes.

 

[spitfire]

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Not nice, if it is going on everyday a bit alarming. I hope they all end up in good homes.

Ate they allowed in to the U.K. without quarantine because they are a business ?

 

[Northernraider]

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Not nice, if it is going on everyday a bit alarming. I hope they all end up in good homes.

I hope so too .... can't quite believe how many ...im now through check in and in the carpark and theres easily 20-25 sprinter vans parked here from various countries , all with sone sort of pet transport decals on ... haven't seen any of them let out for the toilet etc .

Ive never seen this before one bulgarian van has a trailer with md on it not sure which country that is and theres a british landrover on the trailer ...van is full of cages

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[Northernraider]

Ate they allowed in to the U.K. without quarantine because they are a business ?

Yes they will be ...truck and van drivers excempt which by what i saw on the ferry from greece to italy is a very big mistake ...not one mask being worn inside the ferry lounge bar with 15 -20 drivers sat in there.

 

[Janine]

If you google dog rescue from Romania to UK, it’s amazing how many charities are doing this!

 

[Northernraider]

If you google dog rescue from Romania to UK, it’s amazing how many charities are doing this!

Yes i know i wonder if this is a daily occurrence

 

[Northernraider]

Don't know whats going on now but board said please proceed so i drove round as did many more and all sent back to carpark....theres a huge tailback of these dog vans queing to get on so everything is backed up ....

 

[Blossom]

Tam hope you remembered to check your van for any hangers on.

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[Phill D]

Safe trip home

 

[Northernraider]

Tam hope you remembered to check your van for any hangers on.

Milo did it

 

[Shandyman]

Save trip home Tam. Have you heard from Jackie and how she is getting on? Looking forward to the self build.

 

[Northernraider]

Well looks like im missing that train . But 7 of those dog vans have now been led out the carpark back in direction of pet passport office ... nothing moving now and carpark is packed up

 

[bigtree]

If you google dog rescue from Romania to UK, it’s amazing how many charities are doing this!

Charities ? More like money to be made.

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[Northernraider]

Charities ? More like money to be made.

Can only hope that the dogs at least benefit from it

 

[bigtree]

Can only hope that the dogs at least benefit from it

Strange business, in Britain just now lots of dogs are getting stolen.

 

[Manic]

Could there be humans in the vans, dogs just a front, nothing would surprise me nowadays.

 

[Onemanandhisdog]

Not nice, if it is going on everyday a bit alarming. I hope they all end up in good homes.

Think I'll give the Chinese takeaway a miss for a while

 

[Blossom]

Well looks like im missing that train . But 7 of those dog vans have now been led out the carpark back in direction of pet passport office ... nothing moving now and carpark is packed up

Those poor dogs cooped up in those vans I hope they are all okay.

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