In May 2018, customs officials at Cochin International Airport seized a pet cat who had landed up with a Malayalee couple all the way from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. After 24 tension-fraught hours without its parents, the cat was deported to Jeddah via the same airlines which had brought it to Cochin. CIAL's officials had then stated that Cochin was not a designated flying route for pets.
One year later, pet-owning gulf Malayalees returning to Kerala have protested the inability to fly-in animals directly to the state's four international airports. The lack of an animal quarantine centre in any of the four airports at Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram and Kannur is what has led to quite a bit of inconvenience for NRIs who wish to bring their pets along.
Sushil Varghese Mambara, a pet-owner based in Oman demanded that the state authorities take swift action to address the issue.
"It is high time the authorities concerned should act on swiftly to relieve the pet owners and their pets from unnecessary anguish as many of us Keralites are to be prepared leaving our present jobs due to many adverse factors. At the same time our pets became part of our daily life and do not want to abandon them to suffer," he wrote.
Omana John, a gulf Malayalee with two dogs and two cats, expressed the inconvenience caused while traveling to Kerala.
"I am not allowed to take my pets to Kerala through any of Kerala airports. We need a solution for this problem. I hope kerala government will look into this issue and will come forward to help us," she added.
In addition to protests by pet-owners, the issue has even led to higher rated of abandonment of pets by NRIs moving back home.
05/08/19 Sreedevi Jayarajan/News Minute
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One year later, pet-owning gulf Malayalees returning to Kerala have protested the inability to fly-in animals directly to the state's four international airports. The lack of an animal quarantine centre in any of the four airports at Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram and Kannur is what has led to quite a bit of inconvenience for NRIs who wish to bring their pets along.
Sushil Varghese Mambara, a pet-owner based in Oman demanded that the state authorities take swift action to address the issue.
"It is high time the authorities concerned should act on swiftly to relieve the pet owners and their pets from unnecessary anguish as many of us Keralites are to be prepared leaving our present jobs due to many adverse factors. At the same time our pets became part of our daily life and do not want to abandon them to suffer," he wrote.
Omana John, a gulf Malayalee with two dogs and two cats, expressed the inconvenience caused while traveling to Kerala.
"I am not allowed to take my pets to Kerala through any of Kerala airports. We need a solution for this problem. I hope kerala government will look into this issue and will come forward to help us," she added.
In addition to protests by pet-owners, the issue has even led to higher rated of abandonment of pets by NRIs moving back home.
05/08/19 Sreedevi Jayarajan/News Minute
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