Corruption tails even your dog!!!
Want to have your lovely doggy with you when you travel outside your country? Sure. Only ensure you shell out the right bribe amount.
The permit that needs to be procured for your pet has been transformed into another avenue to be exploited for monetary gains.
A certificate of health needs to be obtained from the Quarantine office in the Animal Husbandry ministry if one has to take a pet to certain countries abroad. Our user from Bangalore paid Rs. 3,000 to take his dog to the US. He informs us he knows of individuals who have paid upto Rs 10,000 even though there is no prescribed fees for the certificate.
Another respondent from Navi Mumbai had to pay Rs 1,000 for taking his dog outside the country.
A very interesting report on the ordeal and disgust a person from Maharashtra underwent before taking his dog Zoey to San Francisco can be viewed on this link: http://www.petrelocation.com/blog/pet-travel-expert/shipping-pets-to-india-why-you-need-a-no-objection-certificate-
By Manishka Soorya