Thread: MIA Sabi found in Afganastan

I thought it was "done deal" he was spending quarantine in ?Thailand and then home?
I reckon that info was about March or April.

Hope your right but I was listening to the ABC a few days ago and there was stii a lot of doubt as to the outcome
Andrew

I wasn't aware that the Australian quarantine regulations were regarded as Bull**** red tape? I thought they were regarded as the best in the world?

What is your source for the idea that the dog will only come back to Australia "in a box"? The wikipedia page for Sabi says "The Courier-Mail reported that under AQIS rules, dogs would not normally be allowed entry to Australia directly from Afghanistan, but would rather have to spend six months in an intermediate approved country."

Originally Posted by akelly

I wasn't aware that the Australian quarantine regulations were regarded as Bull**** red tape? I thought they were regarded as the best in the world?

What is your source for the idea that the dog will only come back to Australia "in a box"? The wikipedia page for Sabi says "The Courier-Mail reported that under AQIS rules, dogs would not normally be allowed entry to Australia directly from Afghanistan, but would rather have to spend six months in an intermediate approved country."

The source was ABC radio, and articles on the net, I wasnt for a second critisising the quarrentine laws as such, I agree with them 100% But in this case I am sure some of the red tape can be overcome so the dog can come home alive and as soon as possible, We all know how much the Government and public service are totally inflexable, Hopefully your information is a bit more up to date than mine, I will go and look. Thanks Andrew

Originally Posted by adonuff

The source was ABC radio, and articles on the net, I wasnt for a second critisising the quarrentine laws as such, I agree with them 100% But in this case I am sure some of the red tape can be overcome so the dog can come home alive and as soon as possible, We all know how much the Government and public service are totally inflexable, Hopefully your information is a bit more up to date than mine, I will go and look. Thanks Andrew

Sorry Andrew - I've been engaged in a post-war (I hate myself for being drawn into it) about Jessica Watson and my irritation spilled over into my post about Sabi. I agree, the red tape should be able to be sorted out and I've been following the story with interest too. My understanding is that Sabi needs to go into a quarantine facility in a 3rd country for the normal period before coming into Aus - seems fair enough.

Cheers,

Adam

Originally Posted by akelly

Sorry Andrew - I've been engaged in a post-war (I hate myself for being drawn into it) about Jessica Watson and my irritation spilled over into my post about Sabi. I agree, the red tape should be able to be sorted out and I've been following the story with interest too. My understanding is that Sabi needs to go into a quarantine facility in a 3rd country for the normal period before coming into Aus - seems fair enough.

Cheers,

Adam

Hi No probs, trouble with the net and the media it's a bit hard to define the facts sometimes as often they are not shown with a date. The ABC article I heard a few days back was on the Richard Stubbs afternoon program (Melbourne).

He was interviewing a retired Luit colonel or simular that was expressing concearn for the Sabi's welfare and had something to do with returned service personell . He refered the listeners to the War dogs website from there I gathered some of my info.

I would hate to see this end badly for the dog, hope there is nothing but good news from here on. I agree with the regulations would hate to see rabies etc. in Aus.

Andrew

Originally Posted by akelly

I wasn't aware that the Australian quarantine regulations were regarded as Bull**** red tape? I thought they were regarded as the best in the world?

Not quite, the equine flu virus proved that.