To ensure that pets to go away the Hawaii airport, there’s a multi-step technique of exhibiting proof of two rabies vaccinations and passing an OIE-FAVN (Fluorescent Antibody Virus Neutralization) blood take a look at measuring the response of the immune system to the rabies vaccine, after a 30 day ready interval. Then, it’s essential to meet particular island necessities.
Following the state’s guidelines ensures your pet gained’t get caught on the Hawaii Animal Quarantine Station.
When ought to I begin planning my journey to Hawaii with my canine?
Plan early, months upfront, for Hawaii’s tight vaccine necessities, lengthy earlier than flight time, based on Hawaii’s Division of Agriculture (HDOA), Animal Quarantine Station division. Notify your vet as quickly as doable to schedule your canine’s appointments throughout the suitable timeframe (see beneath) earlier than your journey.
Overview the pre-flight guidelines earlier than you and your canine journey to Hawaii
A collection of steps have to be taken for a canine to be launched from the airport by means of the Hawaii Direct Airport Launch. To begin, comply with this vaccine guidelines, which directs you to the proper set of necessities based mostly in your ultimate island vacation spot.
Objects on the guidelines embody:
- Working microchip required
- 30-day minimal ready interval after final rabies vaccine
- 30-day minimal ready interval after FAVN blood pattern has been obtained at lab
- FAVN report have to be obtained on the Animal Quarantine Station earlier than arrival
- Accredited vet should full a well being certificates inside 10 days of your journey and administer flea and tick remedy earlier than flight
- Full HDOA Canine/Cat Launch Type
- Pay DAR charges — $185 in Honolulu; $165 for neighbor island allow
There are extra types and necessities based mostly in your island vacation spot.
Particular Hawaiian island necessities for canines
Your island vacation spot and your size of keep change journey necessities:
- Journey to Honolulu, comply with Guidelines #1
- Touring on to Kauai, Maui or Kona, comply with Guidelines #2 — Requires prior preparations with an authorized vet to fulfill you on the airport at your expense
- Journey to Kauai, Maui or Kona requires a Neighbor Island Import Allow (NIIP) — requested at the very least 30 days upfront of arrival
Will my canine be quarantined in Hawaii?
“If they don’t full all the necessities within the required timeframe, the canine won’t be launched and might be held in quarantine in Hawaii or returned to the purpose of origin on the proprietor’s expense,” based on HDOA.
Hawaii animal quarantine data:
- Price for 120-day quarantine is $1,080.
- House owners in Kauai might select quarantine on the Kauai Humane Society at $100/day.
Kauai Humane Society created a video information to bringing you canine to Kauai.
For questions in regards to the journey necessities together with your canine, contact Animal Quarantine Station at [email protected] or by telephone at (808) 483-7151
For all to take pleasure in paradise on arrival, comply with HDOA’s vaccine and island necessities and plan early based mostly in your state of affairs.
