Doggone it Johnny Depp!
Linawati Adnan
Mei 14, 2015 09:33 MYT
Mei 14, 2015 09:33 MYT
Mr and Mrs Depp's are accused of breaking the Australian import laws after they snuck in their two poochs into Queensland
Mr and Mrs Depp are accused of breaking the Australian import laws after they failed to declare their Yorkshire Terriers called Boo and Pistol to customs.
According to BBC news, Oscar nominee, actor and rock star, Johnny Depp who just recently and secretly married his film star wife Amber Heard has been told by the Australian customs that they have until Saturday to remove their dogs from Australia, which were flown into Queensland by private jet last April or they will be put to sleep.
Australia is very well known for its stringent quarantine laws on animal as their effort to prevent the unintended import of animal disease and infections.
According to the Australian laws, dogs brought into Australia must be quarantined for a minimum of 10 days upon arrival and longer should the dogs are suspected of carrying any diseases or even tics.
Australia’s Agriculture Minister, Barnaby Joyce stressed that the laws applied to all.
Joyce told BBC news and other reporters that both dogs had been “snuck in" to Australia and were discovered when they were taken to a dog groomer.
He said Boo and Pistol had been "Mr Depp has to either take his dogs back to California or we're going to have to euthanise them".
Joyce has taken a strong stance on the issue, hitting out at the 51-year-old actor and his wife, 29, for bringing their pets to Australia without adhering to the country's strict laws.
"If we start letting movie stars even though they've been the 'sexiest man alive' twice to come into our nation, then why don't we just break the laws for everybody?"
"It's time that Pistol and Boo buggered off back to the United States," Joyce told reporters.
Following to this, an online petition to save the Depps’ adorable canine had received, today, more than 1,300 signatories.
There was no immediate response from both Johnny Depp or Amber Heard on this.
Depp is in Australia filming the fifth film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Dead Men Tell No Tales.