Brexit spells the end of seamless pet travel

Pet owners in mainland Britain will now have to get an animal health certificate no more than 10 days before travel to the EU and Northern Ireland. — AFP

Britain will be in a new category – known as Part 2 listed status – under European Union pet travel rules, and no longer able to utilise passports which had permitted seamless continental feline and canine journeys.

Among the changes, pet owners in mainland Britain will now have to get an animal health certificate (AHC) no more than 10 days before travel to the EU and Northern Ireland.