1 post tagged “cat china”
As previous posts may have indicated, my cat is very important to me. We first met in Albuquerque, NM, about 8 years ago. My husband and I were newlyweds living in an apartment on ABQ's west side. We are both cat-lovers and wanted to get one, eventually. At that time, we didn't think we were in the best of circumstances to have a pet. We were planning on grad school and would likely be moving soon. Behind our apartment complex was a park (actually a scrubby wasteland of tumbleweeds and abandoned shopping carts) and next to the park was a church. Across the road from the church was the strip mall where our gym was located. Once, on our walk from the gym, we encountered a half-grown kitten in the park, dirty, but so sweet. Without a second thought, we gathered him up and took him home. We surmised that someone had dumped him in the park. There was an empty box next to him and it would've taken colossal effort and a miracle for him to have arrived there on his own. The nearest homes were a few blocks away, surrounded by 8-foot adobe walls. If he had managed to scale the walls or at least found a way around them, he would have then had to cross a 4 lane divided road or walk through the strip mall and across a 2 lane road to arrive in the park. Entirely possible, but it seemed more likely that he was abandoned.
Since that apartment, we have had 5 different addresses in 3 different cities and 3 different states. Albuquerque to Indianapolis to Atlanta and now to China. My cat has been on a plane more times than my husband's grandmother (cat -2 grandma -0).
I've been doing research on the internet on how to bring a cat into China. It really does not sound too difficult. The cat needs to have a full vet exam and have completed health certificates. Once in China (at least in Shanghai -- Beijing may be different), there is a 7-day initial quarantine period in which your cat is impounded at a special government site after which, if there are no problems, the cat can can complete the remaining 23 days of quarantine at home. I've found some odd things in my search. One web site offers (unofficial) pet passports. Another site recommended taking high quality passport-sized pictures of your cat, front and side views (who can get a cat to pose on command?!). I've also discovered that there is a vet in Shanghai called the Shanghai Naughty Family.
I don't think I'll have a problem with having enough high quality pictures of my cat. Here's a few of my favorites that I might share with the Chinese government :).
