They plan to bring Munchkin, a stray dog from Bali, home at Christmas. The dog is stranded in New Zealand, unable to return to its owner’s home on Australia’s Sunshine Coast due to Kovid border laws and flight interruptions.
Owner Tash Corbyn said the couple decided to rent a private jet for $ 45,000 to travel to Australia after Munchkin and the young woman’s fianc, David Dane, had been separated for the past five months. The owner says it’s not a matter of money, it’s a matter of who can bring them home before Christmas.
‘Christmas is a big celebration for us. I want everyone to get together for Christmas. ‘ Tash Corbin said.
The epidemic-related travel disruption is due to the fact that there are few flights between New Zealand’s South Island and airports off the coast of Sunshine. Dane will be flown across the North Island of New Zealand, which is currently infected with the virus, and will be flown in two weeks after the quarantine.
The couple hopes to recruit passengers and pay half of the jet bill when the remaining four seats are sold to other passengers, or arrange travel on another private charter. If their plan succeeds, it will be the final leg of their five – year journey to adopt a puppy named Munchkin from the Indonesian island of Bali.
Corbyn said the dog spent three years in Singapore with various foster families after failing a medical examination to enter Australia, which has strict rules for importing pets. When the country adopted Munchkin in 2019, she and Dane moved to New Zealand. The move was made in the hope that the dog would remain there temporarily until Australia’s approval of its entry.
But while Daines was waiting for the green light from Australia, Corbyn returned home alone for medical reasons. The whole process of getting the dog home cost a lot of money. That’s why Corbyn Munchkin was nicknamed the ‘Million Dollar Munchkin’ on social media.
She says she stopped counting the money when the cost was $ 40,000 three years ago. ‘At the beginning of the process, we never expected it to cost so much or take so long. We expected it to be A $ 10,000, ”she added.
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