Will the late surge of animal interest in the EU referendum swing the vote? Probably not: registration closed on the 9th June, and also pets are not eligible to vote.
This didn’t stop a menagerie of readers’ pets getting in touch somehow to let us know their view on Brexit, pet passports, and the knotty question of border terriers in an increasingly interconnected world.
The majority of pets we heard from were in the Remain camp. Below are a selection of our favourite politicised pooches, activist cats, and occasional angry lizard.
Migrant canines for Remain
Ernie, Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla. Canine migrant. IN.
Ernie, a rescued Vizsla from Hungary entered the UK in November 2013. He is voting IN to ensure that dogs like him can continue to use the EU Pet Travel Scheme to find loving homes in the UK.
Cats without borders
Puppy love [of a pan-European superstate]
Online furry
Dogged campaigning
Scout
Scout knows her own mind.
Slow Worm, slow legislative process
Sammy the slow worm
They call me slow, but not so slow I would vote for Brexit
Democratic Sharknado
Luigi says "Vive la difference"
Luigi is voting remain as he wants a stronger economy and likes feeling part of a bigger community.
Border Terriers against Borders
Borders
My Border Terrier thinks borders should be free, so she's voting remain, but she may have misunderstood the referendum, she is only 3 months old.
@tattooed_mummy Twitter.
This dog would like to be ‘in’ now please
I'm in
Springer spaniel Truffle wants IN.
As would this one
Cats against Brexit
Beam us up
Please send a sign, failing that if the Brexit people win, just beam us up and take us away.
What about my pet passport?
Would a Brexit block pet travel to the UK?
While your article about how pets are voting in the EU referendum is a bit of fun, there is genuine concern from people outside the the UK, questioning whether a Brexit win would mean pet travel back to the UK would stop or be blocked, as there is a special EU agreement on this.
I am a journalist (and British expat) based in Luxembourg, working for the country's main newspaper "Luxemburger Wort", and recently wrote this article "Would a Brexit block pet travel to the UK?", you can read it at this link: http://bit.ly/28KwhUX
I just thought it would add a bit of actual substance to the story :-)
My dog Dolly is voting Remain by the way
Lucy has only just got her EU pet passport
Lucy (also known as Squirt) has only just got her EU pet passport. She doesn't want it taken away from her, and enjoys the free movement of pets around the EU - although she didn't enjoy the rabies shot quite so much. #CatsAgainstBrexit
Dogs against xenophobia
Frankie
Frankie support the remain campaign in his capacity as life President of Blue Merle Rough Collie against xenophobia
Remain pony
Little Ed is all dressed up ready to celebrate a Remain win. I hope he's not disappointed.
He's not uncritical of the EU but thinks we are better off within the union. He's one wise pony who doesn't think that the grass is always greener on the other side.
And finally: a flea-bitten, pro-Brexit cat
Won't Somebody Think of the Cats?
I'm Doris, and I have Flea Allergy Dermatitis. When I'm bitten, my skin erupts in hives and the itching is torture. Sometimes I cry. There used to be a great 'spot-on' product to kill my fleas, but the EU banned its active ingredient and now it doesn't work any more. All cats would vote Brexit if they could, but there's a Human Conspiracy against it so we'll just have to go on suffering.
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