Moving with Pets

From which country?

09/04/21

Hi!

This service is very location-dependent, as you can imagine.  You can start by searching on "International Pet Transport"  and the name of the nearest large city near you.  If you happen to be in North Carolina,  I can get you the contact info for the company my brother and SIL used to ship their dog to Europe.   They were very happy with the service, but it was not cheap, and Brazil is farther.

Depending on your airline's rules and the Brazilian veternary and sanitary regulations, which you should obtain from the Brazilian Consulate,  the cat may be able to travel with youin the cabin in a carrier.  If one or more of the dogs is young and healthy enough to travel in a crate in the cargo hold, that may help you control costs, too.  Transporting five animals is going to be costly however you do it.  Good luck!

Also, please inquire about regulations for pets! For Brazil it is different than other countries ‼️
We need besides the vaccins a special veterinarian check from our government for a health certificate  which is valid only 10 days!
We're in the Netherlands.
So please do your research for your country otherwise your pets will be denied entry.

Hi,
It will be very costly to use a transport company but if you have the means.....
I would suggest taking the cat in the cabin or cargo.  Our cat flew in cargo from US to NL and back without incident.  I do always give medication to reduce stress.  We flew our dog in cargo, on the same flight as us, from US to Brazil.  You do need the timely vet clearance.  They're also special crate size restrictions relative to the dog.  We used a militairy crate. You can't fly with 4 dogs at once at least on Latam they only excepted two dogs max per flight when we flew in January 2021.  Azul was not flying any pets when we came.  Good luck!

Thank you! I believe Latam will be the way to go. A family of 4 humans with 5 healthy pets moving to Brazil.. not an easy task!

Hi there. I am interested in your experiences in moving pets.could you please share what you eventually decide to do and how you make the move? I will not be moving there immediately but possibly withing two years. I have a 100 lb dog and we have 3 cats that will need to be moved. I certainly do not look forward to that part of the move! Best of luck!

Sara

We took our 5 pets to the vet, she's taking care of the paperwork for us. We'll travel to Miami by car, fly on Latam (2 pets per person limit). Once we get to Sao Paulo, we'll rent 2 cars, one for our pets and another for our luggage, and then travel by car again to our final destination. We are choosing to have our pets travel by plane only for the international part of our trip. We are trying to make easier on them.