Can anyone recommend a company which will help in transporting a cat to
Australia? Has anyone had experiences with Pet Express Animal
Transport? We have been impressed with talking with them on the phone,
but would like some opinions of people who have used them.

texan....usenet@texas...removethisbit...usacom.. wrote:
> On 10 Aug 2006 15:51:35 -0700, "Dave Programmer"
> <davejavaprogrammer@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Can anyone recommend a company which will help in transporting a cat to
> >Australia? Has anyone had experiences with Pet Express Animal
> >Transport? We have been impressed with talking with them on the phone,
> >but would like some opinions of people who have used them.
>
>
> Where abouts are you departing from in the US?
>
> We are going to New Zealand from South Texas.
> As all our regional flights are puddlejumpers, we have to drive the
> animals either to San Antonio or Houston and ship them from there.
> Because of the stress of long flights etc, we sent out many emails
> from companies who advertise their services and rate themselves 'the
> best'.
>
> The only one that bothered replying was Pet Express.
>
> We are looking at using them to pick up the animals from their
> domestic flight to SFO, take them to a boarding facility overnight
> then pick them up and ship them out the next day. The price we had
> quoted included the necessary New Zealand MAF requirements i.e.
> sealing the containers, vet checks etc.
>
> Pet Express came back with a quote which clearly detailed their
> services - most definitely put one's mind at ease about who you were
> dealing with! Good to hear that you also felt good about them!
>
>
> Cath

Hi Cath & Dave

This thread on another forum might be of interest to both of you:

http://gomatildaforums.com/eve/forum...2/m/3751041202

It seems that currently, it is taking longer to get cats intto
quarantine kennels than dogs. Especially Sydney, where a recent
land-slide destroyed some of the cat-part of the kennel. Bl--dy H-ll.
If it were my cat, I wouldn't agree to its being kennelled anywhere
near the possibility of land-slides. But apparently the
cat-quarantines are all booked solid for months to come, because of the
reduced capacity of the one in Sydney at present.

The poster on the thread has been looking into all this, so it might be
worth joining the Go Matilda forums and contacting her to see what
else she can tell you that might assist.

Good luck

Gill