Anonymous wrote:Stupid law. DH works for the state department and we refuse any locale that forces dogs to be quarantined for months. Some have up to 6 month quarantines! Crazy for a small, extremely healthy animal. I could understand livestock needing quarantined, but a vaccinated dog should not.

I disagree if it is an island nation, esp one without rabies.

I wouldn't have pegged Johnny Depp as a Yorkie kind of guy.

Stupid law. DH works for the state department and we refuse any locale that forces dogs to be quarantined for months. Some have up to 6 month quarantines! Crazy for a small, extremely healthy animal. I could understand livestock needing quarantined, but a vaccinated dog should not.

He will pay a massive fine - and then some - and nothing will ever go to court. Its not in their interests, or anyone elses.

Anonymous wrote:This whole thing is like

Australia: Finally we're important on the world stage! "We are going to kill those dogs and send Johnny Depp to prison!"

Rest of world: Rolls eyes.

Totally!!

If we had no rabies on our island/continent, we'd be euthanizing pets too. But we've already got it, everywhere.

This whole thing is like

Australia: Finally we're important on the world stage! "We are going to kill those dogs and send Johnny Depp to prison!"

Rest of world: Rolls eyes.

Anonymous wrote:The dogs were sent back to the US. This is a big to-do about nothing. And I don't even like Johnny Depp at all.

+1

I wouldn't risk 1 day in jail for two yorkies -- wow.

He'll pay a fine and apologize and it will be over.

“If we start letting movie stars—even though they’ve been [named] the sexiest man alive twice—to come into our nation, then why don’t we just break the laws for everybody,” said Australian Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce.

This reads like something out of The Onion!

The dogs were sent back to the US. This is a big to-do about nothing. And I don't even like Johnny Depp at all.

Anonymous wrote:I met Johnny Depp once - he is very humble and so gracious. Not a star-tripper at all.

Perhaps you met him before the massive drinking problem.

I met Johnny Depp once - he is very humble and so gracious. Not a star-tripper at all.

http://time.com/3895939/johnny-depp-prison-dogs-australia/

Johnny Depp could face up to 10 years in prison for illegally bringing his dogs into Australia and failing to declare them.

The star, who is filming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, brought his two Yorkshire terriers into Australia on his private jet.

An Australian senate committee was told on Monday that if the case goes to court, Depp could face up to 10 years in prison.

Earlier this month, the country’s agriculture minister said the dogs would need to leave Australia immediately or they would be euthanized.

“If we start letting movie stars—even though they’ve been [named] the sexiest man alive twice—to come into our nation, then why don’t we just break the laws for everybody,” said Australian Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce.

Depp’s wife, Amber Heard, has since returned to California with the dogs.