Safety & papers

Safe, legal, and on paper.

A rescue dog can only come home properly if every check is done properly. We don’t cut corners, and we are happy to show you every document.

Before she travels

Six checks. All of them, every time.

Her rescue and their vet do most of this; we check every line before she boards. If one is missing, she waits for the next van, safe where she is, never at a border.

1MicrochipAn ISO chip, read and matched to her passport, so she can always be identified as yours.
2Rabies vaccineGiven in Romania, with the full waiting time passed before she travels. No shortcuts.
3Brucella canis testA blood test for a disease that can pass to other dogs and, rarely, to people. Both the ELISA and SAT tests must be negative, and she must reach Great Britain within 30 days of the sample.
4Tapeworm treatmentGiven shortly before she arrives in the UK, as the rules require, and written in her passport.
5Health certificateSigned by an official vet in Romania, confirming she is healthy and fit to travel.
6Import notificationFiled by ADOPTR LTD, as her importer, with the UK authorities before she arrives. Every single dog.

Who is responsible

We are her importer. Not you.

A rescue dog coming to Great Britain doesn’t travel as a pet. By law she is a commercial import, and every commercial import needs a company in Great Britain that is legally responsible for it.

Our name on her importADOPTR LTD, a UK company, is named as the importer on every dog’s import notification. We file it, we sign it, we keep the records.

Nothing for you to fileNo forms, no government accounts, no customs. You don’t need to know any of this, but you deserve to know someone is responsible for it.

If an official has a question, they ask usBorder checks, document queries, follow-ups after she arrives: they come to us, not to your door.

Why it mattersWith informal transport, the family or a small rescue can end up legally responsible without knowing it. With us, that never lands on you.

When she arrives

Everything she came with, in your hands.

At the handover we give you her papers in a folder and go through them with you. Keep them: your vet will ask for them at her first visit.

Vaccine stickers and dates in a Romanian pet passport

In her folder

Her pet passport, with every vaccine and treatment
Her health certificate from the official vet
Her Brucella canis result
Her microchip number, ready to register in your name
Notes from her rescue: food, habits, what she loves

A question worth asking

Ask any transporter these five questions.

Not every van on the road is legal. A good transporter answers all five without hesitating. We answer them below, before you even ask.

1What is your animal transporter authorisation number?
2Is the vehicle approved for long journeys with dogs?
3Is every dog tested for Brucella canis before it travels?
4Who is named as the importer for each dog, and is it you?
5Are you insured, and can I see the policy?

Our licences

Our answers, in writing.

The van is operated by our partner transporter, Angels Rescue SRL, under a UK long-journey authorisation. Ask for a copy of any of these before she travels.

Transporter authorisationType 2, long journeys over 8 hours, issued by the APHA Welfare in Transport team to Angels Rescue SRL, our partner transporter.
UK/STAFF/T2/00115937
Vehicle approval certificateVolkswagen Crafter, approved for dogs and cats. Floor area 7.5 m², approved for journeys over 12 hours in the UK.
34059184
Valid untilThe authorisation and vehicle approval are renewed before they expire.
10 February 2031
Contingency planRequired for long journeys: what we do if a van, a driver or a road fails.
On request
Journey recordsEvery journey is logged and the records kept for at least six months.
On request
Importer of recordADOPTR LTD is named as the importer on the IPAFFS notification of every dog we bring into Great Britain.
Company 16774516

Her papers are ready. Are you?

How to prepare your home, what happens at the door, and her first days with you.

Getting ready More questions