Thai flamingos' parachuted 'into Jiangmen

Recently, 14 Thai flamingos completed a 30 day "quarantine observation period" under the full supervision of Heshan Customs and successfully obtained a "health pass" for entry. This is the first batch of flamingos that have completed quarantine and isolation at Jiangmen Customs in the past five years.

Flamingos are naturally timid and easily nervous when they change places. After a long flight, they are afraid of noise, shelter, and disturbance. Whether these little ones can safely 'clear customs' is our biggest concern, "said Manager Feng of Dalian Qiankai International Trade Co., Ltd., an import agency." The customs will follow up throughout the process, and we feel at ease

Prior to the entry of flamingos, customs officers from Heshan Customs provided on-site guidance to enterprises on scientifically planning the layout of animal quarantine areas, improving epidemic prevention facilities, supervising the completion of disinfection before the use of quarantine areas, actively coordinating with port customs to finalize the escort process, and ensuring the safe arrival of flamingos at Guangdong Ruilong Animal Breeding Co., Ltd. for quarantine. During the quarantine period, the checkpoint adopts a "online telephone inquiry+offline on-site verification" mode to timely grasp the health status of flamingos and provide technical guidance, supervise the quarantine site to do a good job in site hygiene and epidemic prevention.

We conducted relevant animal disease testing on flamingos and conducted comprehensive clinical evaluations on their mental state, body appearance, and movement posture to ensure that eligible animals enter the country safely and healthily, "said Chen Shihong, head of the Inspection Department at Heshan Customs.

At present, the batch of flamingos has been successfully cleared and transported to the zoo. Next, Heshan Customs will continue to track the flow of flamingos after they are released, supervise the completion of subsequent disinfection work in the isolation site, and continuously optimize the animal quarantine and supervision mode, safeguard the national biosafety barrier, and support the healthy and orderly development of the cross-border ornamental animal import industry in the jurisdiction.