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New year, new website, new quiz!

Happy new year to all our friends and followers! Here at Animalcouriers we’ve been busy over the festive season redesigning our website and blog to make them mobile friendly. So if you're a tablet or smartphone user, why not take a few minutes now to have a browse through our new website and blog? We've also made changes to some of the content, including adding information about our channel hopping service, and updating our web page about pet passports and TRACES. There are new photos of pets on many of the pages, too. To celebrate the new year and our new online look, we're giving away [...]

By |2017-01-25T17:38:35+00:00Sunday, January 3, 2016|animal rescue, animal transportation, quiz time|68 Comments
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UK reunions for Honey from Italy; and Buddy and Lucy from Greece

Before we set off on our next trip to southern Europe, we thought we'd share some happy UK reunion stories. Honey travelled with Animalcouriers from Italy, where she lived with Julia, to her new home in Nottingham with Julia's friends Pauline and Steve, and their dog Rollo. Pauline wrote to tell us how it's going: "Honey has settled in well with Rollo, who has accepted her with good grace (I think Honey might just be very slightly 'top dog'). She and Rollo walk well together, and have met up with some of our other doggy friends! They haven't fallen out [...]

By |2016-10-17T10:49:28+01:00Saturday, December 5, 2015|animal rescue, reunited, things we like|12 Comments
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Buddy and Milou head to the UK from Greece

Courier J is in Greece to accompany two rescue dogs, Buddy and Milou, who're travelling to their families in the UK. They're taking the plane from Athens to Paris Charles de Gaulle, and will travel the last leg of the journey by road. Buddy hails from Lesvos, where he was adopted by Amy who'd gone to help with the refugee crisis. Amy tells us: "I flew to Lesvos from the UK to volunteer with the Syrian refugee crisis there. The Greek islands like Lesvos in particular hold many tragic stories; the families travel there by boat across the Aegean Sea, [...]

By |2017-01-28T18:20:09+00:00Thursday, November 26, 2015|animal rescue, animal shelter, animal transportation, indroducing, pet air travel|0 Comments
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Happy reunions in the UK, and Lucy finds her forever home

As soon as Animalcouriers reached Dover, the pets who had travelled from Greece started heading off to rejoin their families in various parts of the UK. Courier Dave took Sugar, Jack and Berti in to London; while Courier Rickie set off northwards, taking Dexter to Chester, Lilly to Newcastle, Niko to Livingstone, and Souki and Diego to Edinburgh. Dexter's owner Ian wrote to say: "Dexter and Pat and I are now tired! What an eventful first 12 hours. Our two girls (Nell and Honor) have their noses slightly out of joint but they’ll get there! Dexter just came in, made [...]

By |2016-10-17T10:49:32+01:00Monday, November 23, 2015|animal rescue, animal transportation, reunited|27 Comments
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Heading through autumnal Swiss landscapes as we make for the UK

Animalcouriers continued north towards the UK, stopping off at Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, which is a super place to walk dogs. As well as lots of new smells to enjoy, there were plenty of waterbird cries to attract their attention. We then continued on through France, and spent four hours getting through all the layers of security at the port before we could board our ferry to Dover. Once we reach the UK, our passengers will head off in different directions with various couriers, to be reunited with their families. It's been quite a challenging trip in some ways, especially [...]

By |2016-10-17T10:49:32+01:00Wednesday, November 18, 2015|animal rescue, animal transportation, pet travel by road|32 Comments
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Leaving late from Greece, and receiving a warm welcome at our hotel in Italy

After collecting our final Greek passenger, Niko, Animalcouriers headed to Igoumenitsa port to make the crossing to Italy. It's always a nail-biting time, checking in with the port authorities, but it all went off politely and we were nodded through to the port. Our ferry was due to leave at 23.30. It eventually turned up at 05.00, and we were finally moving by 05.45. It's a long crossing to Italy, so the engineers put up with courier J's demands to see the dogs and cats, so she could check they were cool and keep them fed and watered. There's a [...]

By |2016-10-17T10:49:32+01:00Tuesday, November 17, 2015|animal rescue, animal transportation, pet travel by road|25 Comments
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Safely back from Lesvos, and meeting more UK-bound passengers in Athens

Courier J and her seven charges from Lesvos arrived safely in Piraeus Port where they were met by Akis, who runs a pet taxi service. Akis has become a firm friend of ours, and happily obliges all our requests, however outlandish they may seem! True to form, he was a complete hero and disembarked all the dogs into his taxi. He had already met up with Aphrodite and her Rottweiler, Maya, who'd arrived at the port on the morning ferry from Crete. Because of a general strike in Greece, there were no ferries for 24 hours. So the eight dogs [...]

By |2016-10-17T10:49:32+01:00Saturday, November 14, 2015|animal rescue, animal shelter, animal transportation, pet travel by road, pet travel by sea|33 Comments
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Setting off for Greece, and delivering Rosalina and Nox in Italy on the way

Animalcouriers has set off on what may be the most complex trip we've ever undertaken from a logistical point of view. This is just the start… Couriers M and Mike left the UK on Sunday with Rosalina and Nox on board, bound for Italy. These two very beautiful and regal cats belong to Francesca. After working in London for a few years, she's returned to her native Italy, and we had the pleasure of transporting her beloved pets. Gorgeous Rosalina Moustachioed Nox Francesca delighted to be reunited with her cats The lovely landscape [...]

By |2017-02-08T17:34:53+00:00Wednesday, November 11, 2015|animal rescue, animal transportation, pet travel by road, pet travel by sea|34 Comments
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Can you offer lovely Lucy a new UK home?

Lucy, a lovely dog rescued by Lesvos Stray Dog and Cat Adoptions, was booked to travel with us to her new home in the UK later this month. Unfortunately, her new home has fallen through. Lucy won't be able to join our trip unless she has an alternative new home to go to. Rebecca from the charity tells us how she found Lucy, and what she's like. "I saw her on the streets for some weeks. When I first called her she came running. She jumped into my car as soon as I opened the door, and laid down on [...]

By |2016-10-17T10:49:33+01:00Thursday, November 5, 2015|animal rescue, animal shelter|53 Comments
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UK reunions for Mal’s cats and birds; and Gill’s dogs, cats and rabbits

If you keep up with the Animalcouriers blog, you'll know that couriers J and M recently collected Mal and Mike's 22 cats and two birds from their previous home in the Lot-et-Garonne in France. Now they've reached their new home in Lincolnshire. When we arrived, the lovely new cattery was still under construction! By about 5.00pm it was pretty much ready, so courier M started helping Mal move her cats into their new home. Disaster struck, however, when two of the feistier felines discovered that a small part of the cattery roof wasn't secure — Brandy managed to squeeze through [...]

By |2016-10-17T10:49:33+01:00Wednesday, November 4, 2015|animal rescue, pet travel by road, reunited|32 Comments
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