Immigrant animals automatically face six months behind bars in Britain, quarantined in special kennels to ensure they do not have rabies.
Critics say the procedure is antiquated, expensive and unnecessary.
Passports for Pets is veteran traveler Lady Mary Fretwell's answer to British quarantine. She wants to allow the owners of vaccinated animals to certify their pets' good health with traditional paper passports and microchips implanted in the pet's neck. Others say the risk is still too great. Law is working Britain's rabies law was introduced in 1901. It is not just the mandatory quarantine under scrutiny, but the way it is carried out.