I understand and read your original question. As is often the case, when a person asks one question, it leads to other questions. As I stated previously, many people come here asking about international movement of their pet tortoises. We seldom hear from anyone after to the fact about whether or not they were successful. I am simply requesting that you come back after the fact and let us know how it all went for you, as that info can help lots of other people who are also moving from country to country.Hi. I didn’t have this as part of my query but I will answer back to your question as a member here in Canada. We do here have to go thru the vet and the food and drug admin. And getting ur cites cert involves having your breeder papers state this animal isn’t from the wild but was bred in captivity. We are going thru the appropriate channels and to be frank, all animals going into the uk have quite a lot of hoops to jump thru. So the tortoises are simply different hoops. Please know we do not think it is ‘easy’ with any of our pets. We are fortunate to be in the financial situation to be able to do it and have the time and resources for forms etc. Thank you for your help with my original question which is actually my concern and why I polled this group looking for leopards in the UK.