05/12/2025
Please take note!
🐾 Pet owners travelling to the EU with their pets are being reminded to check their EU pet passport or Animal Health Certificate is valid before travelling.
Before returning to Jersey from the EU, dogs must be treated for tapeworm within 24 to 120 hours of their scheduled arrival. Over winter, sailings are more likely to be cancelled or rescheduled, so the timing of your dog’s treatment needs to be carefully considered.
🐾 A few new pet owners travelling to the EU in recent weeks to collect kittens and puppies have been refused travel because of invalid or fake pet passports. This results in pet quarantine, revaccination, and significant associated costs. Please ensure the pet’s rabies vaccine is valid and correctly recorded.
Illegal trade of puppies and kittens is widespread across the EU. Pets can sometimes be advertised as rescue animals when they have come from illegal puppy farms.
New pet owners should be very cautious when getting a puppy or a kitten, please contact the Animal Health and Welfare team in I&E for advice.
➡ For more information, visit: https://www.gov.je/Industry/PetsAndLivestock/PetMovements/pages/takingpetsabroad.aspx
DFDS Jersey Ports of Jersey Jersey Customs and Immigration Service
