Report Number: 6396
Date: 9/3/2010

Title:
Northern Ireland MEP wins further travelling pet protections (1 of 3)

Of interest to:
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Script details:
Rules designed to keep the UK and Ireland rabies-free have been extended thanks to a Northern Ireland MEP. Bairbre de Brún has been working on the protections for several months in the European Parliament. Under the agreement today, pet owners will continue to be able to take their microchipped animals abroad, and extra checks on animals entering the UK will now stay till at least the end of 2011. Bairbre de Brún says it’s the right solution

Interviewee:
Bairbre de Brún MEP (Sinn Féin, Northern Ireland)

Duration:
0 minutes 29 seconds

Out-words:
End of 2011