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Australian quarantine authorities have ordered US actor Johnny Depp to fly his dogs Pistol and Boo out of the country by tomorrow or they will be put down.
Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce yesterday accused Depp of smuggling the Yorkshire terriers aboard his private jet when he returned to Australia on April 21 to resume filming of the fifth Pirates Of The Caribbean movie on the Gold Coast.
The Agriculture Department on Wednesday gave Depp, 51, and his 29-year-old wife Amber Heard a 72-hour notice to send their pets back to the US.
"If you start letting movie stars - even though they've been the sexiest man alive twice - to come into our nation [with pets], then why don't we just break laws for everybody?" Joyce asked.
"It's time that Pistol and Boo buggered off back to the United States."

Australia has strict quarantine period of at least 10 days for pets to prevent diseases such as rabies spreading to its shores.
The department discovered that Depp had "snuck them in" after reports that a handler had taken the terriers in a handbag to a Gold Coast dog groomer on Saturday, Joyce said. A biosecurity officer found the dogs at a Gold Coast house on Wednesday.
"Now Mr Depp has to either take his dogs back to California or we're going to have to euthanise them," Joyce said.
Depp's spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Joyce's spokesman Brett Chant said the dogs were in "home quarantine", but would not say where. Joyce said the Agriculture Department would put the dogs down if they do not leave Australia.
"After that, I don't expect to be invited to the opening of Pirates Of The Caribbean," he said.


War on Terrier: Australia threatens to put down US actor Johnny Depp’s dogs following quarantine breach

Johnny Depp with one of his two dogs.Photo: SCMP Pictures

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