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02-11-2006, 04:31 PM | #1 |
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| yorkies traveling to hawaii my sister recently moved to maui, hi. in my opinion maui is the greatest place to live and still have the safety of being on us soil. we are thinking of making the big move to paradise. 1 huge problem. hawaii has anilmal quarantine of 120 days in a public facility if you don't comply with all these crazy rules and regulations. hawaii is a rabies free state. but, not 1 animal has come in with rabies because of the rules just to fly in. has anyone ever moved to hawaii and gone through this process???? i'm worried that if they don't feel i complied 100% my baby will be in quarantine. this is the one thing holding me back from the move. i plan to get all the paperwork filled out properly, but my vet is unfamiliar with it. i'm scared if she screws up my baby will suffer. our plan is to fly from philly to california with romeo under the seat. then, take a couple day break in california to give him a rest. then, he will need to go into cargo from california to oahu.(only entrance point for dogs) if the paperwork is cleared we puddlejump from oahu to maui. any suggestions or experience with this??? |
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02-11-2006, 04:53 PM | #2 |
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| Good News For You! New quarantine rules seen as success By Jaymes Song Associated Press Terry Ramey counted down the days before she would once again see her beloved Walaze, the dog she left behind when she moved to Aiea. During their emotional reunion earlier this month at Honolulu Airport, Ramey literally swept her black chow off his feet before being flooded with sloppy, wet kisses. "I was so happy I thought I was going to pass out," she said. A little more than a year ago, that scene would have taken place at the state's quarantine facility at Halawa. But this week marks one year since Hawaii eased its strict rabies quarantine regulations, allowing qualified pets to be released to their owners shortly after they arrive in Hawaii -- in five days or less -- instead of requiring them to be quarantined for up to four months. In the year since Gov. Linda Lingle signed the new rules, pet owners have flocked to Hawaii, with a record 6,600 cats and dogs admitted in the fiscal year ending tomorrow, up from 4,681 in the previous year. Pet owners must still plan ahead. The process that allows them to take pets home from the airport must begin at least four months before they arrive. If not, their pets are still subject to a stay in the state quarantine facility. Dr. James Foppoli, the state veterinarian, said most pets have qualified for the new five-day-or-less program with 75 percent released directly to their owners at the airport facility. Foppoli said he had predicted the new process would allow about half the arriving pets to enjoy shortened stays. "It's a little bit surprising, but I guess for people it's worth the effort to get everything done so there's no confinement," he said. Lingle said she was pleased with how effectively the five-day-or-less quarantine rules have been implemented in the first year. "Having had a pet go through the old quarantine process, I know the stress that was placed on the animal and the pet owner," said the governor, whose cockapoo dog, Spooky, spent four months in quarantine when Lingle moved to Hawaii in 1975. "The modernized quarantine rules have made it much more convenient for people to travel to and from the islands with their pets, while still ensuring Hawaii remains rabies-free." Before last July, arriving animals faced a minimum 30 days of quarantine in state kennels. Hawaii's quarantine was imposed in 1912 to prevent rabid animals from entering the then-U.S. territory. Revised rules adopted in 1997 reduced the minimum confinement to 30 days from 120 days, but a month-long separation still took an emotional toll on both owners and pets, not to mention the hefty costs. Pets that have received rabies vaccinations, have electronic microchip identification and have a blood test showing a rabies vaccination response, under the state's strict guidelines, are allowed to bypass quarantine. Pets that do not meet the new early-release rules are subject to confinement of 30 days if vaccination and testing requirements are met, or 120 days if they are not. Only about 12 percent of all current animals being processed by the state go through the 120-day quarantine, which was the norm before 1997, officials said. Ramey said her move to Hawaii was unplanned, so she did not have time to get Walaze's final rabies shot in time to bring him with her. Instead of placing him in quarantine, she decided to leave her dog with friends in Las Vegas for a few months. "If I had pre-planned my relocation and didn't leave so abruptly, it would've been a walk in the park," she said. ================================================== == THIS ARTICLE CAME FROM: http://starbulletin.com/2004/06/29/news/story5.html
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02-11-2006, 05:01 PM | #4 |
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| Very Technical But Full Of Information NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 31, 2005 NR05-22 NEWEST RABIES QUARANTINE MODIFICATIONS GO INTO EFFECT TODAY Eliminates 30-day program in favor of variation of Five-Day-or-Less Program HONOLULU – In a continuing effort to improve Hawaii’s rabies quarantine program, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture will implement new modifications that will officially eliminate the 30-day quarantine program in favor of a variation of the Five-Day-or-Less program. The new rules were signed by Governor Linda Lingle on October 20 and take effect today. The amended rules affect dogs and cats that meet all of the requirements for the Five-Day-Or-Less program (including electronic microchip, two rabies vaccinations in the prescribed timeframe, passing OIE-FAVN rabies blood test titer, etc.) except that they are deficient in completing either: · The 120-day waiting period after passing the OIE-FAVN rabies blood test before arriving in Hawaii or are; · Deficient in the 90-day waiting period after the most recent rabies vaccine before arriving in Hawaii. Such pets will be characterized as “early arrivals” and will be required to remain in quarantine until the required waiting periods are completed. Once the waiting periods are completed, they will then qualify for release under the Five-Day-Or-Less program. Pets arriving as early arrivals will be charged $14.30 per day until the date of qualification, plus the $224 Five-Day-Or-Less program fee. The 120-day quarantine will remain in effect for those pets that do not qualify for early release. For example, an animal arriving after completing 90 days of the 120-day waiting period after passing the OIE-FAVN rabies blood test used to be placed in the 30-day program. That animal will now be categorized as an early arrival, having arrived 30 days early for the Five-Day-Or-Less Program. The pet will be held in quarantine for 30 days and the fee would be 30 days multiplied by a daily rate of $14.30, plus $224, which would equal $653 in this example. A pet arriving 10 days short of the 120-day waiting period will be held only for 10 days at the same rate. “The Five-Day-or-Less program continues to be tremendously successful with more than 86 percent of arriving pets being released at the airport,” said Sandra Lee Kunimoto, Chairperson of the Hawaii Board of Agriculture. “This modification in the rules will help pet owners who have difficulty completing the required waiting periods prior to arriving in Hawaii by holding pets in quarantine only for the period they need to qualify for release.” The new rules also extend the acceptable interval for three-year licensed vaccines from 18 months to three years and extend the validity of a passing OIE-FAVN rabies blood titer test from 18 months to three years. One-year rabies vaccines are still only valid for one year. Pet owners planning to travel out of Hawaii with their pets need to re-vaccinate and re-test their pets before a respective test or vaccine expires. The new rules also allow greater flexibility for law enforcement agencies to utilize working dogs in quarantine. The Five-Day-or-Less rabies quarantine program was implemented by the Lingle-Aiona Administration in June 2003, with modifications in February 2004. Since its implementation, the number of dogs and cats imported into the state has risen more than 62 percent. Statistics previously released by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) show that during Fiscal Year 2005, a total of 7,653 dogs and cats entered the state, compared to Fiscal Year 2003 when a total of 4,771 dogs and cats were imported to Hawaii. Under the Five-Day-or-Less program, pets may be released at Honolulu International Airport if they complete all the pre-arrival requirements, which include: · Two rabies vaccinations, with the last vaccination administered no more than one year prior to arrival if it was a one-year licensed vaccine, or no more than three years prior to arrival if it was a three-year vaccine. (The two vaccinations may not be administered less than 90 days of each other; and the most recent vaccine must be administered no less than 90 days prior to the pet's entry into the state); · Microchip implantation for identification purposes; · Blood serum (OIE-FAVN) rabies test results with > 0.5 U/mil level of rabies antibodies; · 120-day pre-arrival waiting period between the time the lab receives the blood sample and the earliest date the pet may enter the state under the program. (The pre-arrival waiting period is necessary due to the long and variable length of rabies incubation, where the virus may hide in an animal before clinical signs of the disease become apparent.) · Health certificate issued by an accredited veterinarian no more than 14 days before arriving in Hawaii indicating the pet is not showing signs of infectious or contagious disease and was treated for external parasites with fipronil or product with similar residual activity; and, · Required paperwork must be received more than 10 days prior to the pet's arrival. For more information on Hawaii's rabies quarantine programs, please go to the HDOA website at: http://www.hawaiiag.org/hdoa/ai_aqs_info.htm An informational brochure, checklists, forms and "Frequently Asked Questions" are available on that webpage. ### For more information, contact: Janelle Saneishi Public Information Officer Hawaii Department of Agriculture Phone: (808) 973-9560 E-mail: hdoa.info@hawaii.gov ================================================== == THIS CAME FROM: http://www.hawaiiag.org/hdoa/newsrelease/05-22.htm
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