Traveling to Hawaii together with your canine? It takes analysis and planning as Hawaii is available in No. 1 with the strictest state laws for moving with pets. Whether you might be transferring or touring to Hawaii together with your canine, know that to ensure that pets to go away the Hawaii airport, there’s a multi-step strategy 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, you will need to meet particular island necessities.
Follow the state’s guidelines to make sure your pet received’t get caught on the Hawaii Animal Quarantine Station.
When to begin planning a visit to Hawaii together with your canine
Plan early, months upfront, for Hawaii’s tight vaccine necessities, lengthy earlier than flight time, in line with Hawaii’s Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Animal Quarantine Station division. Notify your vet as quickly as potential to schedule your canine’s appointments throughout the suitable time frame (see under) earlier than your journey.
Review the pre-flight guidelines earlier than you and your canine journey to Hawaii
A collection of steps should be taken for a canine to be launched from the airport by means of the Hawaii Direct Airport Release. To begin, comply with this vaccine checklist, which directs you to the right set of necessities based mostly in your last island vacation spot.
Items 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 should 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
- Complete HDOA Dog/Cat Release Form
- Pay DAR charges — $185 in Honolulu; $165 for neighbor island allow
There are further varieties and necessities based mostly in your island vacation spot.
Specific Hawaiian island necessities for dogs
Your island vacation spot and your size of keep decide your journey necessities:
- Travel to Honolulu, comply with Checklist #1
- Traveling on to Kauai, Maui or Kona, comply with Checklist #2 — Requires prior preparations with an accepted vet to fulfill you on the airport at your expense
- Travel to Kauai, Maui or Kona requires a Neighbor Island Import Permit (NIIP) — requested a minimum of 30 days upfront of arrival
Will my canine be quarantined in Hawaii?
“If they do not complete all the requirements in the required timeframe, the dog will not be released and will be held in quarantine in Hawaii or returned to the point of origin at the owner’s expense,” in line with HDOA.
Hawaii animal quarantine info:
- Cost for 120-day quarantine is $1,080.
- Owners in Kauai could select quarantine on the Kauai Humane Society at $100/day.
Kauai Humane Society created a video guide to bringing you dog to Kauai.
For questions concerning the journey necessities together with your canine, contact Animal Quarantine Station at [email protected] or by cellphone 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 scenario.
