As soon as I read this post I knew something was wrong. Last year my sister and her family moved to London. I took Bruno, her yorkie for 7 months while we went through the customs process. The blood testing ( by a special lab), vet vists and passports cost around 200 bucks..... and then shipping was $600 !!!!!!! Not to mention how much time and effort it was to make sure everything was exactly how they wanted. Animal travel between the US and the UK is THE strictest there is. ( sidenote: it was so worth it because having Bruno leave made me so sad I got Otis
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Good luck with all this.... I think the crappiest part about scams is that they get your hopes up.... I hope you find another little one....