Staff and clients of AQIS's Spotswood Animal Quarantine Station have teamed up with Jet Pets Animal Transport to help animals injured in the Victorian bushfires.

All uncollected travel crates from animals previously in quarantine have been donated to Animal Aid located in Coldstream, Victoria.

Staff at Spotswood were initially concerned about how to get the crates to Coldstream, but international animal shipping company Jet Pets Animal Transport kindly agreed to deliver the crates free of charge.

'When we learned that Spotswood was donating uncollected import crates to support the bushfire relief effort, we were only too happy to team up and transport the crates to Coldstream. I thought this was a fantastic initiative by AQIS and Jet Pets was proud to assist in this cause,' said Jet Pets' import manager, Danny Burkandt.

AQIS Spotswood Animal Quarantine Station and Jet Pets have a long history of working together, as many animals, when released from quarantine, are collected from the station and transported interstate by the company.

According to Spotswood manager Wayne Gundry, the staff at Spotswood were keen to help with the bushfire relief effort.

'We are passionate about caring for animals and we are pleased to have been able to team up with Jet Pets to deliver these crates in a time of such need.'

The cleaned and disinfected crates are being used by Animal Aid to house and transport injured wildlife and domestic pets who have been hurt in the bushfires.

Photo: AQIS officer Joanne Johnston and Jet Pets Transport Import Manager Danny Burkandt, with a shipment of clean and disinfected crates for the bushfire relief