Ronprivat
9/21/2004 03:45 EST
Hello everyone here (4 persons in total as I can see...)
Me and my wife are leaving Romania where I stayed for 8 months to Kandy in Sri Lanka.
I lived in SL 10 years ago, and we have now decided that the red tape of SL is less troublesome then that of Romania.
My views on Romania and its climate for foreign investors can later be read in the Romanian part of this site.
We will be bringing our dog and cat down there, via a huge case for the dog (a x-breed between Collie and German, she takes up space) and a smaller variant for our cat.
The preparations We've done is most probably in adequate so if anyone has any experiance of this kind of "luggage" we would happily listen to you.
Will post a little diary and if possible some pictures along the road.
Departure is set to the 19th of october, starting with a traintrip to Istanbul and from there we'll fly via Dubai to Colombo. The reason to go with train to Istanbul comes from the fact that the air carrier cannot issue a export permission for the dog to the final destination if we dont go on a direct route with the same air company.
They will issue one for Turkey and we will have to get another from Turkey to Sri Lanka. The time needed at each place is long (about 5 hours at each stop), why we reasoned we would need to stay pretty long with the animals caged alone for many hours. Going by train leaves us the exit of Turkey only, which is a far better option.
Did I mention that the change of vehicle to Istanbul saved us 500 Euro? In echange for a more effective planning. The world is full of wonders.
If my thinking and planning is right we will see, and learn.
Take care, see you on the Island of Gems
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Ronprivat
2/9/2005 05:25 EST
Now, this are to remind everyone who whish to do as us and bring their pets abroad to Sri Lanka:
Do NOT forget to get a importlicense / agreement with the ministry of animal and agriculture. There is no carantin at the airport and thus impossible to sort this things out at the border.
The document is fairly simply, it is a declaration to the ministry that if any problems or signs of sickness would arise in the following period after entering the country you will have to inform them. The import tax on the pet is 1000 rupies which should be approx 10 USD.
Language used for documents and such matters is english.
Make sure you have made plans for the transport of the pet in a car large enough to give room for some moving around, the traffic in this country moves at an average of 30 km/h (19 mph), and our trip up to Kandy took a little more than 3 hours!
Link of interest http://www.gov.lk/
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delphinevanessa
2/9/2006 21:21 EST
Hello, do you know if foreigners are allowed to bring in pets? I just heard they banned it because of mad cow disease... Thanks
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besaroboy
3/22/2008 21:30 EST
Hi, I am also considering a move to SL, but from the US. My wife and I would need to bring 3 geese, 4 cats, 3 parakeets and a chicken with us, they are all pets. What did you have to do to bring your pets in? Do you know of any rules about birds? Thank you very much for any help you can lend. Marco
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tinydancer
12/2/2008 15:29 EST
I too will be moving to SL with 2 dogs, 4 cats, 3 macaws, and and iguana...crazy i know but family is family lol!
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warriec
6/29/2009 08:14 EST
I dont know if you already made it thru but iguna and the birds are going to be difficult.
try emailing [email protected] for more details on how to import animals.
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