From Air Angels: A disturbing trend in rescue …. We’re approached by individuals requesting transportation for their rescued pet daily & we’re told by the individual requesting assistance that this request is for their personal pet. On several occasions we discovered these pets were up for adoption on rescue sites after being escorted to Canada . This wasn’t an adopter/owner desperate to get their dog home – this was an individual who didn’t want to follow the CFIA requirements to enter Canada , in every case this is a dog under 8 mos & the CFIA requires an import permit & microchip for these pups if they’re destined for a Canadian Rescue (not of they’re going to an adopter). Every country has entrance requirements for companion animals & it seems our entrance requirements are meant to be broken . The CFIA requirements are designed to keep Canadians & their pets safe from infectious diseases & reportable diseases – they are designed to stop the importation of pups by puppy mills and others wishing to profit from the sale of puppies/dogs. We’ve seen rescue sites teaching their followers how to avoid or bend the CFIA requirements…..we’ve also seen rescues ask individuals willing to escort rescued dogs to complete forms as the owner.….. Are you aware that as the escort you are responsible for that dog & you could be turned back or fined if that dog does not meet CFIA requirements ? If that dog enters Canada and has a reportable disease (i.e.rabies) or any infectious disease causing harm to another, you could be liable ( sued). We’ve seen dogs and cats placed on long flights from foreign destinations without consideration for stop overs to provide suitable water & food and a change in bedding & a good stretch or walk…..6 hours is the acceptable norm used by professional animal transporters ipata.org/ . Often dogs arrive in Canada after a long foreign flight and immediately flown by escort or cargo to their Canadian destination – many of these flights exceed 20/30 hours crate time – that’s not humane and dogs have died from dehydration after these flights. We’ve seen an individual solicit funding on ‘Go Fund Me’ for a crippled pup from Thailand requiring continued vetting for its problems as specified by the Vet in Thailand - she raised funds to bring the dog over & is now adopting it out without vetting in Canada. This pup was brought over as a personal pet. https://onedrive.live/?cid=aeb12e254fc75ddf&id=AEB12E254FC75DDF%211236 These practices are being noticed across Canada by pet transporters, by airline employees, by animal welfare professionals & by escorts who have discovered after the fact that they had broken the CFIA requirements. Our Group turned to the professionals for medical advice & transportation advice and we encourage importing rescues & there escorts to do the same. Rescue is based on the noble concept of saving lives & its name is tarnished by individuals bending requirements & not meeting basic needs. For those Importing Rescues who do follow the rules/requirements this must be disheartening. For those volunteers who willingly support Rescues this is also disheartening. I predict that rescue resources (especially transportation services) will eventually refuse to assist rescues and you can thank those individuals who believe the CFIA requirements are meant to be broken & pets can be left crated in excess of 20 hrs often 30 hrs. Linda for AirAngels -
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:18:24 +0000
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