The emigration wave reappeared. Some of the people who left were busy setting up their pets at the same time. Some brought their pets to start a new life in other places. They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to arrange private jets, just to stay on the long-distance flight. Take care of pets; some people leave their pets in Hong Kong for various reasons.
Whether pet immigration companies or volunteers accepting abandoned pets have been busy for the past six months, where can pets go in the wave of Hong Kong people’s migration?
Cats and dogs are the mainstream species of immigrants, such as Brazilian tortoises have entry restrictions
Recently, the company’s business is quite busy. Fanny, a consultant in the immigration department of Pet Holiday and Immigration Company, and two colleagues, drove a minivan to Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories to pick up a total of seven fur children to the airport and boarded for the UK. Cabin.
The owner and the temporary family handed the cat and dog to Fanny's hands and watched the fur boy being sent to the cage in the car.
Among the immigrant pets handled by Fanny, 90% are cats and dogs, while the remaining one percent are birds such as parrots, reptiles such as turtles, geckos, and rodent pets.
Fanny and his colleagues used a minivan to pick up the immigrant boy to the airport.
(Photo by Wang Haitu)
"Pet immigration" has become a search keyword for many immigrants. Fanny has received many inquiries in the past half year. She said that about 60% of the inquirers eventually left Hong Kong with their pets, but some pets may fail medical examinations and other tests. Unable to leave Hong Kong, or because of national immigration restrictions, such as the common red-eared tortoise (Brazilian tortoise) in Hong Kong, because it is an invasive species, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and many other countries have refused to enter it.
Fanny has also encountered guests who could only take away their love cats and left behind the red-eared turtles in Hong Kong.
Fanny's company also undertakes passenger plane consignment of pets and private charter immigration, the prices of which range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.
(Photo by Wang Haitu)
Some people choose to give up after spending tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars
In addition to consigning pets on passenger planes, Fanny's company also undertakes private charter immigration, with prices ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.
Because airlines set minimum fees, Fanny described "Even if you transport one insect, it costs fifty-nine thousand yuan." Taking small dogs and cats as examples, the airline's minimum spending is about 59,000 yuan, including check-in seats. After that, the fee is charged according to the weight of the pet. In addition, the consulting company handles paperwork, various procedures, pre-pet training and shuttle services for the guests. The "one-stop package" asks for about 70,000 yuan.
Fanny has encountered all kinds of guests, and what she worries most is the small animals who give up taking them to immigrate because the owner is too expensive.
(Photo by Wang Haitu)
Some people think it is worth the fee of tens of thousands of yuan. Some people think it is too expensive. If it is a small pet other than cats and dogs, some owners will be discouraged.
Fanny has seen all kinds of owners. Some people are willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to choose a private jet, just to take care of their pets in the more than ten hours of the flight. Others are unwilling to pay tens of thousands of dollars in cabin fees, or even Fanny "threats" Fanny to cut prices or not charge consultant fees and handling fees. She sighed, "What kind of friends will order later? In fact, we have no way of knowing the angle." My family or friends take over the care, or seek help from volunteers to settle the rest of this group of small animals.
The pet in the cabin must be alone in the cage for more than ten hours and must be trained beforehand.
(Photo by Wang Haitu)
Abandon the tide and collect 20 turtles next week
Not everyone has their "children" that they have cherished the most in their immigration plans.
The Hong Kong Amphibious and Reptile Association has been accepting abandoned pets. In 2019, an average of one tortoise was accepted a day. After the immigration wave began, the "residences" were more quickly filled.
Victor, a volunteer from the Adoption Department, recalled that before the wave of immigration, there were not 10 cases of abandonment due to immigration in almost a year. Until the beginning of 2020, there were about 10 cases of the same kind in one month. There will be 20 turtles for us to collect in a week.”
After the immigration wave began, the "hosts" of the Hong Kong Amphibious and Reptile Association soon became full, and the shelves for terrapins became crowded.
(Photo by Lin Songhua)
One of the "residents", the Brazilian tortoise, has lived with his owner for more than 30 years, but the owner has to reluctantly leave the "turtle" because he wants to immigrate to the United Kingdom, where the entry of Brazilian tortoises is prohibited.
Victor remembered the situation on the day that the lady came to the association: "Shout, I'm so reluctant, I was kind enough to see the situation."
Because the tortoise was unable to enter the UK, he had to be separated from his owner who had lived together for more than 30 years.
(Photo by Lin Songhua)
Letting go is equal to letting go to death, hoping that the owner will do his best to arrange the future
"Don't touch your head when you sell." The lady was afraid that she would be soft-hearted, so she hurriedly said goodbye to the "tortoise" and left.
Victor bluntly sympathizes with such owners, and appreciates that they will properly arrange pets instead of disposing of them randomly.
He met an irresponsible owner who claimed that the lizard was very sick, so he abandoned it in the parking lot and asked someone to rescue it.
Victor believes that some species such as tortoises, spotted tortoises, and golden tortoises can actually immigrate to many countries, while Brazilian tortoises can enter Japan. There are also successful cases for reference, but there are still owners who claim that they do not want to take away due to money problems. Turtle: "Immigrants, I believe there is a certain budget, is it necessary to go to the step of abandoning it?"
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The association regularly inspects the situation of some public pools, but in the past six months, more unusual species, such as endangered species, have been discovered.
"Release is equal to let go." Victor said that if turtles are not properly cared for in the pool, they are likely to get sick or infected, or even die, which will also affect the original species in the pool. He is worried that there will be irresponsible owners for fear of being discovered. Privately raise species that cannot be reared, and discard turtles at will. If you want to abandon the turtles, you are urged to contact the association as soon as possible.
When adopting turtles, some people will choose the species. The Brazilian turtles are the most abandoned and the least are adopted.
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Various reasons for abandonment call for adoption instead of buying turtles
As for the common Brazilian tortoise, you can buy one on the street for ten yuan and eight yuan. Not many people are willing to adopt it. In the past six months, dozens of Brazilian tortoises have been adopted: "Almost no one has adopted my turtle in the past two months. "He said bluntly that when adopting turtles, some people will choose the species. The Brazilian turtles are the most abandoned and the least are adopted.
Many of the animals in the association were rescued by Victor, and then he took care of them.
(Photo by Lin Songhua)
The adoption department takes care of nearly three hundred animals. Ninety percent are turtles, and the remaining reptiles are different reptiles such as lizards, guards and snakes. To outsiders, they may look like ninety-nine percent of them, but Victor can distinguish each one. , Said their names, and remembered their stories more firmly. They came to the association for a variety of reasons: there are new members in the host’s family, the turtles grow too large, they are vicious when eating turtle food, they are not close to others, and they even have some people. Because of the zodiac problem in the coming year, I abandoned it.
Tortoise I think he has his own emotions, and if you are willing to engage in them, you will actually feel that he recognizes you.
Victor, Volunteer, Adoption Department, Hong Kong Amphibious and Reptile Association
Victor laughed and said that at first he raised reptiles because he liked dinosaurs, but he has raised turtles for many years, and now he has left dinosaurs behind.
(Photo by Lin Songhua)
"Housing places" are full. Victor hopes that more people are willing to adopt tortoises. In addition to regularly disseminating adoption information on the Internet, the association also organizes adoption days from time to time, hoping to find a better home for these animals that have been left behind.
The adoption process is not complicated, and the volunteers will also guide the correct care methods. Victor refers to the caring people who have adopted turtles in the past, even if they are raising turtles for the first time, they have managed to raise them well in the end.
The association also called on people with pools or larger spaces to temporarily accept these abandoned turtles to relieve the pressure on the association.
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