UPDATE
Depp and his wife, Amber Heard are expected to leave the country tonight with the pooches, according to The Daily Telegraph, after the two Yorkshire Terriers were given a 72 hour notice to leave the country by authorities because Depp didn’t declare them to Australian Custom Officers.
The Tele also claims the couple could face criminal charges and fines if found to have intentionally deceived Australian customs about the pups.
And Agricultural Minister Barnaby Joyce is still not happy.
Speaking on The Project last night, Joyce – who claims the dogs with be euthanized if they do not leave the country in time – said Depp knows the security laws in Australia after the government worked with the Pirates of the Caribbean film crew to get two monkeys into the nation for filming.
“It doesn’t matter if Johnny Depp has been awarded sexiest man alive twice, it’s time Boo and Pistol bugger off home,” said Mr Joyce on The Project last night.
“They came in on their own private jet and they have to have the proper paperwork and do what law abiding Australians do with their own pets.”
The Weekly previously reported…
Actor Johnny Depp, of Pirates of the Caribbean fame, is in a bit of hot water this morning. More accurately, his two puppy dogs, Boo and Pistol, are.
The 51-year-old brought his two Yorkshire Terriers into Queensland on a private jet last month to continue filming the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film. However, he failed to declare to Australian Customs Officers that he had done so.
Now, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has said Depp has “50 hours” to take the dogs back to California. Otherwise, he says, “we’re going to have to euthanise them.”
Speaking in Canberra this morning, Mr Joyce said, “He’s now got about 50 hours left to remove the dogs. He can put them on the same charter jet he flew out on and fly back out of our nation.
“There is a process if you want to bring animals in. You get the permits, they go into quarantine, and then you can have them.
“But if you start letting movie stars, even though they’ve been the sexiest man alive twice, come into our nation, why don’t we just break the laws for everybody.
“It’s time that Pistol and Boo bugger off back to the United States. After that I don’t expect to be invited to the opening of the Pirates of Caribbean.”
There has been no official comment from Depp, but presumably he is currently negotiating how to keep the dog’s with him and spare their lives.
Click through our gallery of other celebrities who love their dogs
Ben Affleck is seen walking with his dog on January 02, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by GONZALO/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
Actress Julianne Hough arrives at FOX’s Cause For Paws: An All-Star Dog Spectacular at The Barker Hanger on November 22, 2014 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic)
Oprah Winfrey and her dog in 1995 (Photo by Jim Smeal/WireImage)
Actress Blake Lively and her Maltepoo Penny walk to the soundstage at Silvercup Studios on July 24, 2008 in Greenpoint, Brookly in New York City, New York.
Singer Miley Cyrus is seen carrying her dog Emu in Soho on August 4, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall/GC Images)
Ryan Gosling along with his dog George visits ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’ at Rockefeller Center on July 20, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
Jessica Biel posed for a portrait with her beloved Bulldog, East, in LA back in June 2003.
U.S. President Barack Obama greets his dog Bo outside the Oval Office of the White House March 15, 2012 in Washington, DC
Jake Gyllenhaal is seen walking his dog in Los Angeles on April 20, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
Victoria Beckham tweeted this photo of David Beckham with their new French Bull Dog, Scarlet, in May 2011.
