Brexit may impact pet travel in EU

– Britain has laid out the potential impact of Brexit for ferrets in case no deal is reached with the EU, along with warnings on air travel, freight transport and copyrights.

Under the best case scenario, dog, cat and ferret owners hoping to travel to Europe with their pets would face little change to current arrangements with a valid EU pet passport, according to the government’s technical guidance.

But if the EU classifies Britain as an unlisted third country, pet owners could have to start discussing their plans to travel to Europe with their pet months in advance to get the necessary paperwork ready.

Brexit Minister Dominic Raab told the BBC that there were “some risks of short-term disruption” but the government was spelling out the guidance “so that everyone knows what they need to do well in advance”.

On flights to and from the EU, “the UK would envisage granting permission to EU airlines to continue to operate,” the notices said. “We would expect EU countries to reciprocate.”