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Johnny Depp, Amber Heard face death-row wait for pet dogs after dodging Australian quarantine
Courier-Mail (Brisbane) ^ | 14th May 2015

Posted on 05/13/2015 5:30:09 PM PDT by naturalman1975

Hollywood star Johnny Depp will have his two pet dogs seized by Australian authorities and possibly put down after he failed to declare them on the an in-flight manifest.

The Department of Agriculture is investigating Depp after it emerged he was currently in Australia with his two Yorkshire terriers.

Officers from the Department of Agriculture have issued Depp and Heard with 48-hours notice to either remove the dogs voluntarily from the country or have them seized.

Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce said this morning the two pooches needed to return home.

“It doesn’t matter if Johnny Depp has been awarded sexiest man alive twice, it’s time Boo and Pistol bugger off home,” Mr Joyce said.

“Mr Depp has to either take his dogs back to California or we’re going to have to euthanise them,” he added.

Depp, 51, and his wife, actor and model Amber Heard, 29, flew back into Australia last month so he could resume filming on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales on the Gold Coast.

The couple flew into Brisbane on a private jet and were accompanied by their pets.

But the dogs were not declared as entering Australia under normal requirements and so will be seized by authorities and either shipped back to the US or euthanised.

(Excerpt) Read more at couriermail.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; depp; doggieping
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

IIRC Liz Taylor quarantined her dogs on a yacht off of the coast of England.

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21 posted on 05/13/2015 6:06:02 PM PDT by Mears (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."Voltaire))
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To: naturalman1975

They’ll execute two little dogs that weren’t “declared,” but let in murderous muzz without question. Go figure.


22 posted on 05/13/2015 6:07:28 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: trisham
That’s heartbreaking. I’m so sorry.

I'm sorry too. Sorry that morons are allowed to own dogs.

It is indeed heartbreaking. Heartbreaking that there are morons who care so little for their dogs that they can't properly look out for them. I guess learning the rules are only for the leetle people.

23 posted on 05/13/2015 6:09:06 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: trisham
Yes.

That was the last time I showed her. The risk was not worth it.

24 posted on 05/13/2015 6:10:41 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I hear you.


25 posted on 05/13/2015 6:13:15 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham
“I have no problem with Australia’s laws regarding this issue.”

Me neither. Too bad we can't apply them to the illegal aliens that cross our borders. And don't tell me the risk of euthanasia won't be a deterrent!

26 posted on 05/13/2015 6:20:09 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: naturalman1975

Despite the poster,, they let those animals in, just like our Mexicans and moslems and chinamen.


27 posted on 05/13/2015 6:22:56 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; afraidfortherepublic; ...
WOOOF!

Computer Hope

The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.

28 posted on 05/13/2015 6:29:55 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: DesertRhino

Not one boat arrival has been admitted in well over a year now.

There are people here from before that, yes, but it’s not happening anymore.

People can still come in if they get a visa and the visa process is not perfect, but anybody who is identified as a likely threat does not get a visa.


29 posted on 05/13/2015 6:32:57 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: DesertRhino

Actually, from what I’ve seen, the Australians are stopping that pretty well. Am I mistaken?


30 posted on 05/13/2015 6:38:54 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: naturalman1975

Understood, but the point remains. Depps undocumented Yorkie is exponentially less risky than any moslem. I cannot cannot understand why one is allowed in with the Moslem rabies infection, and a nice little dog cant be quarantined until time to leave.
Why the need to kill it?


31 posted on 05/13/2015 6:41:04 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Moslems are allowed to come in.


32 posted on 05/13/2015 6:41:50 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: naturalman1975

Save the dogs!

Put Depp and Heard on death row!


33 posted on 05/13/2015 6:50:08 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: FreedomPoster

Yes, the current government is.

The system isn’t perfect, but any person who is assessed as a potential threat is not given a visa. Anybody who tries to get in without a visa is placed in detention - often off shore.

But the system wasn’t always working as well as it does now, and even now it’s not foolproof.


34 posted on 05/13/2015 6:52:07 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: DesertRhino
I cannot cannot understand why one is allowed in with the Moslem rabies infection,

Constitutionally we cannot have an immigration program that restricts people on the grounds of religion. Politically it would not be acceptable to most Australians either, but even if a government tried it, the High Court would strike it down.

and a nice little dog cant be quarantined until time to leave.

That is what would have happened if they had declared it on arrival. In fact, after as little as ten days in quarantine and assessment by a vet, it's likely they would have been allowed to have the dogs with them. They've triggered the harsher measures - immediate removal or destruction - by not declaring the dogs and quarantining them on arrival.

Why the need to kill it?

They almost certainly won't - instead they will probably be given the option to repatriate the dogs - but they tried to circumvent and ignore the law, and that's why the hardline approach comes in, rather than the gentler approach.

Nobody wants to kill the dogs - I mean, we've got the Agriculture Minister on radio warning them there's going to be a raid and they should send the dogs home before the raid happens. Believe me, Barnaby Joyce does not want to be in the Australian press as a puppy killer.

35 posted on 05/13/2015 6:57:27 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

It is long past time to recognize an inimical political system for what it is.


36 posted on 05/13/2015 6:59:02 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: naturalman1975

^^I wanna live in that country.


37 posted on 05/13/2015 7:24:43 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Not to downplayor justify, but isn’t there a treatment protocol forparvo? I see parvo posters and stuff at my vet’s office.


38 posted on 05/13/2015 7:25:54 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: naturalman1975
Wow! I wish we would have the sense to put an American version of that poster near common illegal entry points and enforce it.

When I was in Japan, there was a possibility the next leg of a business trip to Singapore would be Australia, so I had to go get a visa which I ended up not using.

They were quick and courteous about it, but I guess there are no visa free entries for even short term visits like America has with a number of countries including Japan, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and most of the EU countries.

39 posted on 05/13/2015 7:26:20 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: naturalman1975

‘Pirates of the Carribean XXIV’?


40 posted on 05/13/2015 9:52:08 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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