# Finding a new home for my cat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-new-home-for-my-cat/765249>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 7, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-new-home-for-my-cat/765249 "2016-09-07T02:12:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-new-home-for-my-cat/765249/21 "2016-09-08T01:56:10Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> If he were permitted to take his cat with him to another country, chances are it would be required to be quarantined for at least six months. Better for the cat to find a new home for it than to make it be locked up a cage for that long.

W/ the proper record-keeping and chipping the animal that’s not necessary in many places anymore, including the UK. It does cost thousands of dollars each way, though, and is not a reimbursable moving expense deduction on federal taxes.

ETA - that Waffles story made me cry a few happy tears.

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