CBGES Quarantine Site for all Wildlife

CBGES has found that South Africa is in need for a reptile quarantine site where special care and attention to reptiles are taken care of in a professional and dignified manner. We also have realized that the need for the reptile owner to receive their pet timeously is of just as much importance.

We have researched the amount of animals that enter and leave the country on air flights and other transportation methods and eventually end up by their ‘owner’ dehydrated, near death or dead, often never reaching their final destination.

No one wants to spend money on a living, loving and unique creature and wait months and months for its arrival and not receive it at all…

This is due to the lack of knowledge and skills that certain quarantine sites have offered over the years to reptile buyers in different countries. In South Africa there is no independent privately owned quarantine site and this has lead to the airports to offer department services for animals arriving internationally.

Though most animals reach their final destination healthy, CBGES’s aim is to ensure that 100% of indigenous and exotic animals are received in good order, treated in quarantine accordingly and released timeously.

There are times however, when some service departments, such as those at the airport locations have most times neglected the animals due to inexperience and lack of skills and knowledge needed to understand and ensure that the reptile is: well fed, healthy, in the correct habitat and most of all happy. CBGES aim is educate and redefine the way the industry operates.

Furthermore, one of South Africa’s standards is that an inspection report on quarantined animals be carried out by a veterinarian authorized by the quarantine site owner which if not followed up with can lead to delays in animal departure for reasons such as import / export permits being denied, country of origin and the likes...

Having said this, it is also important to understand how various airlines work in terms of traveling by air with an animal or transportation of such.

CBGES aims to help breeders, exporters and importers to understand that reptiles are living creatures that have basic needs for survival and that transportation from one country to another is a process but should be understood and done to the best of everyone’s ability.

However by having this international health certificate in place, we have placed ourselves on the map as a reliant and trustworthy quarantine site that has various procedures in place for ensuring the safety transport of our animals as well as the health of other animals within South Africa.

Upon leaving or entering into South Africa, CBGES has introduced the 15 digit pet microchip system whereby you may rent or purchase one. We have chosen this method so that you may know where your reptile is at all times. This efficient systemhas marked us as one of South Africa’s first quarantine site to introduce such a system.

Peace of Mind - 80% of all reptiles without microchips who are separated from their owners are never reunited with them.
Reptile owners are found quickly - Animal Control scans your pet, obtains your contact information, and gives you a call.
Proof positive of ownership - if your reptile is lost or stolen, a quick scan can lead authorities to your contact information.
Protection for travel - the security of knowing when you travel that your reptile can be identified at all times.
Microchips are required for entry to many countries - 15 digit microchips are the world standard
Required for pet immigration forms - pet immigration forms require that the pet microchip numberbe on each form

Each reptile microchip has its own unique identifying number so your reptile is easily identifiable
Inserting a microchip is a very low risk procedure - the microchip is about the size of a grain of rice and is inserted by your veterinarian
If you plan on traveling internationally with your pet, you will need to purchase and have your veterinarian insert our 15 digit ISO pet microchip Veterinarians in the United States usually insert the 9 or 10 digit microchip.
Reptile microchips are good for the life of your pet. They do not transmit information unless they are scanned.
Microchip Registration is easy and flexible

Together, the microchip and scanner form an ID card for your reptile.
To provide proof of your reptile’s identity - whether for an enforcement officer, at a competition or event or anytime you need to positively identify your reptile.
For international travel with reptiles that have a 9 or 10 digit microchip instead of the 15 digit microchip - a scanner is required to identify your pet at entry to the country
To ensure that the correct identifying numbers appear on all veterinary and vaccination certificates.
To verify the proper insertion and location of the microchip.

The pet microchip only contains a number. If your pet is lost it will be impossible for us or any other agency who finds your pet to contact you unless you have registered the pet and the microchip number. CBGES will offer the full service of inserting the microchip and getting it registered for you.

By mid year of 2011, all animals travelling to South Africa must have a microchip meeting the ISO Standards 11784/11785 and operates at 134.2 kHz. CBGES has started introducing this process already with all transportation of reptiles taking place and will be the first to start standardizing a quality system to ensure the safety of your reptile through international or local travel especially when they are at quarantine sites.

CBGES has done extensive research to determine which is the best suitable quarantine site based on area and sufficiency of reaching your reptile timorously and get them into an appropriate habitat with the least amount of transport and stress.

We have found the best site thus far to be in Jet Park which is close to the OR Tambo International Airport. We are looking to open up different branches close to major or often used airports. These would be areas which would include Lanseria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kempton Park and much more.

CBGES, has been concerned not only with wild caught animals entering the country but with the concern that the snake federation of South Africa has no regard for illegal animals or endangered animals, these animals will be gassed and killed if caught in your care. CBGES has the understanding about this harsh process but I am not in 100% accordance to these laws, I believe a specimen caught in the wild needs to go back into the wild, I believe illegal animals brought into this country without proper quarantine status should be confiscated and sold to experienced handlers in order to create proper breeding facilities for the endangered animals of South Africa. CBGES has and will obtain higher status and control with all the incoming and outgoing reptiles into South Africa. We will also be able to microchip every reptile in south Africa to create less wild caught reptiles from being taken out the wild.

CBGES, will have full control of how many species and how many animals are being bred and that are in captivity. We hope that South Africa will back us up and we hope that the Snake federation of South Africa will help to make this possible.