TOGO

Pets

Dogs and other domestic animals need a Health Certificate issued not later than 3 days before shipment stating that the animals originate from an area free from contagious diseases of the species for the preceding 6 weeks.

In the case of dogs and cats, that no cases of rabies have been noticed for the same period. Pets may enter as passenger's checked baggage, in the cabin or as cargo.

Required is an import license for such animals originating from countries other than Benin (Rep.), Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Rep., Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Cote d'Ivoire, France, French overseas departments, French overseas territories, Gabon, Madagascar Dem. Rep., Mali, Mauritania, Niger or Senegal.

General Information

Togo is a country in West Africa bordering Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. The official language is French; however, there are many other languages spoken in Togo.

Togo's size is just less than 57,000 square kilometres (22,000 sq mi). It has a population of more than 6,100,000 people, which is dependent mainly on agriculture. The mild weather makes for good growing seasons. Togo is a tropical, sub-Saharan nation.