TAKING A PET FROM ISRAEL TO THE UK IS POSSIBLE! HERE’S HOW!

This is from a TPR adopter who moved to England:

Hi! We brought the cat back to the UK earlier this week and he's starting to settle in! It's pretty straightforward flying to mainland Europe and then driving to the UK. It was quite a bit of driving but pretty straightforward - entry requirements are standardised across the EU. Here are the steps:  1 - microchip FIRST, then rabies shot, then titre test 30 days later, and 90 days after that the cat is cleared to travel  2 - not more than 10 days before traveling, the national vet has to fill out the EU "Model animal health certificate for the non-commercial movement from a territory or third country of dogs, cats or ferrets in accordance with Article 5(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No576/2013" form. It's long and needs to be stamped on every page by the national vet and the local vet  3 - make sure you've booked the cat on to your flight!  4 - go to the airport (obviously). We were worried about taking the cat out of his carrier (he was understandably freaked out!) to take him through the metal detectors, but the security person got her supervisor to come over and chat with us. He double checked everything and asked a few more questions and then let me carry the carrier through the metal detector with the cat still inside.  4 - we chose Brussels over Paris as the drive / parking are much much easier. It's a quieter airport, too, so less stress for the cat (plus the flights were cheaper)  5 - declare the cat at the customs exit. All they did was stamp the form to say that we'd declared the cat at entry (apparently, this is necessary for any onward movement)  6 - drive to France! I couldn't quite work out if we could use the EU paperwork to get into the UK or if we needed an EU pet passport, so we stopped at a vet in Calais to have a pet passport issued. This cost €50 (cash only!) and took about 15 minutes. They checked that his microchip matched the number on the paperwork and that was about it. Vets in Calais are set up for bringing animals to / from the UK - the clinic was drop in only and we were seen instantly.  7 - get on the Eurotunnel. There's a pet reception centre off to the right before you go through any of the security / check-in gates. They need your reservation number (to make sure you've booked an animal) and they checked that the microchip number matched that in the pet passport and that the cat had a valid rabies vaccine (the cat stayed in his carrier hiding under a towel).  7a - marvel at the fact you are in a car on a train under the ocean

 8 - drive home! We did all the driving ourselves and this does require some kind of car (there is only one ferry company that permits foot passengers with pets, but the pets are put in a kennel for the crossing)  You could also use blablacar to get from Brussels / Paris to London (this can be very economical), but we didn't want to risk not finding a suitable ride / waiting for a few hours for a suitable ride  Folkestone Taxi will also pick you up in Calais and take you / the cat in the Eurotunnel, which would mean you could take trains to Calais and then onwards from Folkestone / Dover  ** In the end, we're glad we brought him to Europe ourselves - the cost of an export agent in Israel plus the cost of an import agent at Heathrow was really high; animals are unlikely to be boarded as cargo if the temperature is over 28 degrees (likely for good parts of the year in Tel Aviv!), and it takes a good 4-5 hours for the cat to get through Heathrow (which is just as long as it took to drive back to London from Belgium). Plus, we got to see family and have a bit of an adventure!