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Australians Spend $100,000 To Bring Stranded Pets Home

Australians Spend $100,000 To Bring Stranded Pets Home

Pet owners who fled back to Australia before the peak of the coronavirus pandemic have chartered a $100,000 ($70,000 ) flight to bring their stranded furry friends back from Canada.

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A local media, Nine News reported on Monday that around 70 cats and dogs would be flown from Vancouver to Melbourne this week.

Several families are pitching in for the flight after being separated from their pets for nearly a year due to flight cancellations and animal quarantine complications.

Allan Smith told Nine News that he would be paying …

Passengers From Virus-Infected Ship Leave For Australia

Passengers From Virus-Infected Ship Leave For Australia

More than 100 Australians and New Zealanders left Uruguay on a chartered flight after two weeks stranded aboard a virus-infected cruise ship, Montevideo’s Carrasco airport said Saturday.

Of 217 people aboard the Greg Mortimer liner, 128 had tested positive for new coronavirus and had been blocked from docking.

An agreement between the Uruguayan and Australian governments was made to create a “sanitary corridor” to take the mostly elderly tourists from Montevideo’s port to its international airport where they boarded a flight for Melbourne, bringing to an end weeks of a virus nightmare.

Television images showed jubilant passengers boarding the …