Take a video tour to learn more about the high-quality care your cat or dog will receive during quarantine. Our biosecurity officers at the Post Entry Quarantine facility (PEQ) will ensure that your pet is comfortable and gets plenty of attention, while also ensuring that any biosecurity risks to Australia are managed.
Tim: Welcome to post entry quarantine – our world-class biosecurity facility for plants and animals entering Australia.
This is where your pets are cared for, and diseases like rabies are prevented from entering the country.
Animal handler: [feeding dog] Over here, over here, sit, good boy, there you go! You’re not hungry?
Tim: I’ve been lucky today to come to our quarantine facility for cats and dogs that have flown into Australia and to meet a bunch of the handlers that are caring for them. This is a place that’s full of love for your pet. Each pet has its own individual accommodation with heated floors and bedding, and they’re given lots of time outdoors to exercise.
There are on-site vets to care for your pet’s needs.
Animal handler: The best part of the job is looking after the animals really. I love animals, I think we all do here so, being able to care for them, making sure they get the right care, um, is probably the best part of the job.
We’re all trained to monitor them quite closely for any health conditions or anything that we are concerned about so we will be in contact if we are concerned. So, yeah, just trust us.
Tim: Most pets come here to our quarantine facility in Victoria. It’s a sophisticated and safe facility where our biosecurity staff get to do exactly what they love best: care for animals.
When the quarantine period is over, it’s time for owners to reunite with their loved pet, like Watson’s owners who are so excited to see him today after bringing him from the United States.
Animal handler: [speaking to Watson’s owners] are you excited?
Watson’s owners: We’re so excited!
[Owners interacting with dog] Good boy, you look so great, you look so healthy! You can tell he is taken care of really well.
They kept us updated quite a bit. We got quite a few emails and also you know, telling us how he was doing, and how much of a happy dog he is, and I think that made us very comfortable with it all.
Tim: So, if you’re importing a cat or a dog into Australia make sure you follow all our Biosecurity rules. And help keep Australia rabies free.
The PEQ, which is in Mickleham, Victoria, is a world-class facility designed to prevent diseases such as rabies from entering Australia. To continue to keep Australia free of certain diseases, cats and dogs must undertake a period of quarantine upon arrival in Australia. This allows us to monitor your animal’s health before release.
Your pet will be cared for by experienced animal handlers. They will also have individual climate-controlled accommodation, high-quality, nutritionally balanced food and time outdoors to play and exercise.
Visit the webpage to learn more.
