I know it is very tempting to travel everywhere with your sugar glider, but please try not to carry your glider ILLEGALLY when you go overseas.
Why I’m writing this is because a few days ago someone used a strange search sentence to find my blog, and it was on how to bring a sugar glider into a plane. I personally do not agree with smuggling. It’s illegal. And if one gets caught, the penalty for it is pretty serious.
Just take a look at this newspaper article:
Fuzzy intruder arrives on Las Vegas-Honolulu flight
Don’t think that it’s safe to do it. No matter how sneaky you are at hiding your glider, be it in your handbag or inside your shirt, it is not safe to bring a glider into the passengers’ cabin. Why? Firstly, think about how others would feel. Then some people may be allergic to animal fur. Or your glider may carry bacteria that can easily spread in a closed environment. Then look at how uncomfortable your glider would be for the journey. Worst is when you get caught, what will happen to your glider?
Normally, a huge fine would be smacked at you, plus some jail time…. but the worst thing of all…. your glider will be caught, taken away from you and sent away to some zoo or kept in quarantine till it gets depress and dies. I sure don’t want that to happen to my glider.
So please, don’t try to act smart and save some money by doing this illegal act. It’s cruel. It’s awful…. your glider will suffer if you get caught.
Do it legally. You would need to apply for a permit for exporting your pet overseas. Get hold of a health certificate or letter from you vet to state that your glider is healthy. Then do some paperwork with the authorities (PERHILITAN). And fly by MAS airlines coz they have special cargo rates for pets.
And…. don’t try to smuggle your pet into countries that do not allow sugar gliders. The penalty is far worst, and the glider can end up being sent back to Indonesia.
HI..
That correct.. that process not too hard, but need a some research and some time… MAS cargo can take care our sugar glider in shipment, but before that, u need to go a Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar ( wild Life ) to get the C.I.T.E.S, after that u need Import Permit from oversea country, after that get a booking cargo. 2 days before departure u need go to Jabatan Perkhidmatan Vaterinar to get a Export Permit and Health Certificate.. After that, u can fly with your lovely suggies…
Please Please Please DON’T ” SELUDUP ” our suggies !!!!!!
the Process not too hard, just need a some time and need a some to do… Your little glider are not just a pet…
Thanks so much nana for the very valuable information! But will we get the C.I.T.E.S. and the export permit with health cert on d same day of application? for cargo shipment, do u happen to know when d owner is supposed to take their suggies to MASKargo? on d day of departure itself? how about d cage,will it be placed inside a box provided by MASkargo or d owner must prepare own box?
thank you for ur time