EFL International
Distribution Limited became the first company in Ireland to gain approval as a carrier under the Pet Passport System.
As a consequence of changes in European legislation relating
to the movement of pet animals within the EU, EFL International Distribution, based
in Dublin, increased their pet transport division with more resources relating to the handling and
moving of live animals.
In December 2011, EFL International received authorisation
from the Irish Government Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, to
operate as an approved registered carrier of Pets into Ireland from other EU
member states.
EFL continued to seek ways to improve services and have now
become the first freight company in Ireland to be granted authorisation to
operate as a transporter of pet cats and dogs under regulation 6 of the European
Communities (Pet Passport) Regulations 2012.
This allows EFL International to provide full document and
animal examination of pets arriving from countries considered to be of high
risk for animal diseases, services that were traditionally only available at
one Government approved veterinarian clinic in Dublin.
“We will provide these services at Dublin airport by using a
mobile clinic” comments Chris Radley, Air Freight Director for EFL International.
“We can now arrange to move pets from the five continents of
the world to Dublin and look after the arrangements with the Department of
Agriculture to provide a safe and speedy release of the pet to the owners, once the complete checks have proved to comply with regulations. In association with Vets Direct, all pets will be checks in a controlled, sealed environment within the mobile unit."
The first clients to use the new mobile unit will be two
cats originating fromThailand. The UFL office
in Bangkok worked with EFL International to arrange the movement to Dublin. EFL
have also exported pets from Ireland to various countries globally, one Saint
Bernard was moved recently with the
assistance of the UFL offices in
London to Yangon, Burma.
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