Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Remove barriers to UK residents adopting rescue dogs from Ukraine
Closed
5,404 signatures
What the petition asks
We wish to request DEFRA urgently to waive all requirements - including a rabies test - for bringing dogs from UKRAINE temporarily, as has already been done by Poland and some other EU countries.
Due to the situation in Ukraine people need to leave their homes, volunteers need to leave the rescue dog shelters. This means pets/rescues are being abandoned due to worries it will delay them.
To help ensure animals can be homed some countries are allowing pets to enter their countries without paperwork and blood antibody Rabies test due to it not being possible to make blood antibody Rabies test in Ukraine now: many laboratories are closed.
To help ensure animals can be homed some countries are allowing pets to enter their countries without paperwork and blood antibody Rabies test due to it not being possible to make blood antibody Rabies test in Ukraine now: many laboratories are closed.
Timeline
| 1 Mar 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 Sep 2022 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
5,404
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
1 Mar 2022
Closed
1 Sep 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.