Before you take your pet across the border, or back, please be aware of requirements and regulations that may affect you and your pet. Before Traveling with Your Pet Before taking a pet to another country, contact that country's consulate or embassy for information about their requirements. Travelers are advised to also contact the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for additional information and advice.

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Traveling with pets

2. 1
Overview
Before you take your pet across the border, or
back, please be aware of requirements and
regulations that may affect you and your pet.

3. 2
Overview
**Before Traveling with Your Pet**
Before taking a pet to another country, contact
that country's consulate or embassy for
information about their requirements.
Travelers are advised to also contact the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for
additional information and advice .

4. 3
Driving or flying
**Driving over the U.S. Border**
The regulations about bringing a pet into the
United States are the same whether you drive over
the U.S. border with your pet in your car, fly, or
travel by other means. All animals entering (or
reentering) the United States are subject to the
same laws, regardless of the port or method of
entry.

5. 4
Driving or flying
**Traveling by Air**
Many pet owners wonder whether they pick up
their pet at the international airport or only at
their final destination.

6. 5
Driving or flying
**Traveling by Air**
Since pets are generally transported as
baggage, they go through the same procedures as
baggage. If a pet does not require quarantine at
the port of entry, then an international traveler
would pick up both luggage and the pet at
international baggage claim. They would then go
through customs and re-check both luggage and
the pet for the domestic flight to their final
destination.

7. 6
Government Issues
**Customs and Declaring Pets**
When travelers fill out their customs declaration
cards, they must declare any animals traveling with
them on the card.

8. 7
Government Issues
**Interstate and Intrastate Movement of Animals**
The USDA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and
various states may impose restrictions, depending
on the animal. The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, working in concert with CDC, has
enacted regulations restricting the movement of
African rodents. For the full text, please read the.

9. 8
Government Issues
**Interstate and Intrastate Movement of Animals**
Otherwise, there are no CDC regulations on
interstate and intrastate transportation of animals.

10. 9
Pet health
The Pet Travel page on the USDA Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service website is an very useful
resource in making sure your pet stays healthy
during transit. It includes information on known
scams, traveling containers and sedation.