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Pet travel rule checks and updates

Read the actual updates to our pet-travel rules library, including source checks, corrections and coverage additions.

Library verification updatesDates show when the library was updated or checked. They are not policy effective dates and do not mean every rule changed that day. Known gaps remain marked on destination pages. Checks are manual, not real-time monitoring.

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Checked current official guidance on CDC digital and wet signatures and seals, Japanese export-inspection appointments and a future application-deadline notice. Verified the live Dutch US private-pet result: route-specific instructions still require NVWA confirmation. This records library verification, not a claim that the law changed on this date; remaining authority and case-specific checks stay visible.

Countries: Australia, Japan, Netherlands, United States

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Checked Great Britain export guidance for seven EU destinations and the USA: added AHC issuance and declarations, state-specific US certificate checks, and explicit rabbit/ferret paperwork gaps.

Countries: United Kingdom, United States, France, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal

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Personal reports now focus on dogs and cats; other pets keep free checked summaries and official links. Updated current China and Korea source branches, European country lists and Italian guidance; represented Japan's Kyrgyzstan suspension without incorrectly keeping Uzbekistan suspended. Vaccination expiry uses the actual certificate where required, with documented continuous-booster exemptions and explicit remaining evidence gaps.

Countries: China (mainland), South Korea, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, United States, Australia, New Zealand

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Expanded destination-specific pet requirements, including origin-country branches, young-animal exemptions, official documents and entry options. Known unverified details remain clearly marked; free country summaries and personal trip reports use the same rules.

Countries: Australia, Canada, China (mainland), Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, United States, Hawaii

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Checked current Australian group-specific and returning-pet guides, the live New Zealand rabbit-to-Australia case, and New Zealand 2021/2026 transition and certificate models. Added species-specific preparation, reciprocal rabbit procedures and explicit entry options; corrected calendar-month and laboratory-receipt waits and CDC domestic-journey handling. Known source conflicts and history-dependent checks remain marked. Also checked Australian dog/cat export procedures for New Zealand and the Canadian US-bound cat/ferret endorsement exemption; unverified export species remain explicit gaps.

Countries: Australia, New Zealand, United States, Hawaii, United Kingdom, Japan, Canada

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Second data batch: entry rules for Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and the six EU countries Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands (the EU six extend the shared EU base); US and China exit coverage for these routes; new airlines Condor, Aer Lingus, ITA Airways, Iberia, TAP, Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand; and new/updated transit files for Munich, Barcelona, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland.

Countries: Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands

Airlines (IATA): DE, EI, AZ, IB, TP, VA, NZ

Transit airports (IATA): MUC, BCN, FCO, MXP, LIS, SYD, MEL, BNE, AKL

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First version of the rules library: US entry, China exit, and the pet policies of Air China, China Eastern and United.

Countries: United States, China (mainland)

Airlines (IATA): CA, MU, UA

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