I'm a newbie to Yorkie Talk and an Australian-Australia has some of the strictest quarantine laws in the world and in my opinion an unnecessary amount of red tape. I can understand the need to keep the country Rabies free but you would think that sometimes common sense would prevail. Lots of dogs come here from the US and although the quarantine used to be very harsh (I think at one time it was six months!!) I believe it is much easier now. There are dogs coming in from all over the world-including mainland Europe. I will ask on the Aussie dog forums as there are lots of people who have imported from overseas-this is a very sad situation and hopefully there will be a solution. |