VictoriaBailey
In the Brooder
- Jun 9, 2022
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Hi friends,
This may be a bit of a strange one...the UK government sure think it is anyway.
I am a duck Mom to two beautiful scovy boys who will be 4 soon. Due to health reasons, I have to move back to the UK from Canada and can't imagine my life without them. I've hand raised them since they were 3 days old and they are my absolute world.
I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with importing any kind of 'poultry' to the UK? I've been told they can't class as pets, but I refuse to fill out a form that says I intend to import them for slaughter or breeding as that is in no way accurate.
I can't find any information on anyone who has done this before, and am hitting dead ends with emails to APHA and DEFRA as they don't seem to understand ducks can be pets.
Surely I don't need to get a commercial livestock import licence to import my boys. I'm hoping to get them in as a personal import but I think I have a long way to go before I get to that.
Can anyone help in any way at all?
Thanks in advance!
Victoria
This may be a bit of a strange one...the UK government sure think it is anyway.
I am a duck Mom to two beautiful scovy boys who will be 4 soon. Due to health reasons, I have to move back to the UK from Canada and can't imagine my life without them. I've hand raised them since they were 3 days old and they are my absolute world.
I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with importing any kind of 'poultry' to the UK? I've been told they can't class as pets, but I refuse to fill out a form that says I intend to import them for slaughter or breeding as that is in no way accurate.
I can't find any information on anyone who has done this before, and am hitting dead ends with emails to APHA and DEFRA as they don't seem to understand ducks can be pets.
Surely I don't need to get a commercial livestock import licence to import my boys. I'm hoping to get them in as a personal import but I think I have a long way to go before I get to that.
Can anyone help in any way at all?
Thanks in advance!
Victoria