--- title: Johnny Depp to Flee Australia with His Threatened Dogs Pistol and Boo description: The actor will make an unscheduled return to the U.S. on Friday, in order to save his dogs from being put down by Australian authorities canonical: https://time.com/3859751/johnny-depp-australia-dogs-barnaby-joyce-pistol-boo-return/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-15T03:13:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:13:29.166Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Johnny Depp Will Flee Australia With His Dogs og:description: Officials have threatened to put the terriers down over quarantine violations. og:url: https://time.com/3859751/johnny-depp-australia-dogs-barnaby-joyce-pistol-boo-return/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa8314586d39e8f6/6987831c524fc02ba0decd90/johnny-depp-injury.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Actor Johnny Depp poses during a photo session ahead of a news conference for his movie "Mortdecai" in Tokyo January 28, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Johnny Depp Will Flee Australia With His Dogs twitter:description: Officials have threatened to put the terriers down over quarantine violations. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa8314586d39e8f6/6987831c524fc02ba0decd90/johnny-depp-injury.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Johnny Depp Is Going to Flee Australia With His Terriers to Save Them From Death by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar May 15, 2015 3:13 AM CUT  Actor Johnny Depp poses during a photo session ahead of a news conference for his movie Mortdecai in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2015 Actor Johnny Depp poses during a photo session ahead of a news conference for his movie Mortdecai in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2015Toru Hanai—Reuters by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar May 15, 2015 3:13 AM CUT Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp is [set to make an unscheduled return](http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/johnny-depp-and-amber-heard-to-take-dogs-boo-and-pistol-home-to-us-on-friday-20150515-gh248g "undefined") to the U.S. on Friday with his terriers, in order to save the dogs from being put down by Australia’s Department of Agriculture. Depp and his wife Amber Heard have booked a private jet to fly back to Los Angeles on Friday night, the Sydney _Morning Herald_ reported. The actor had earlier brought his dogs to Australia — where he is shooting the latest _Pirates of the Caribbean_ movie — by the same means of transportation, flouting quarantine laws. **MORE:** [Listen to an Official and Radio Host Argue Over Johnny Depp’s Dogs in the Most Australian Interview Ever](http://time.com/3859768/johnny-depp-dogs-barnaby-joyce-kyle-sandilands-interview/ "undefined") Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce gave Depp a 50-hour ultimatum to remove the terriers, called Pistol and Boo, from the country or face having them euthanized. Using colorful language, Joyce said it was “time that Pistol and Boo buggered off back to the United States.” The tone of the remarks, and the threat to kill the animals, have been seen as an embarrassing overreaction by many Australians and have prompted [a Twitter backlash](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23deppsdogs&src=tyah "undefined"). But the Agriculture Minister has now expressed concern that U.S. authorities might not allow the dogs back in either. “The question is if he breached our laws, then did he follow the correct laws in the U.S.?” Joyce said Friday. “My worry is will the U.S. let them back in?” he said. “If not … will they have anywhere to go?” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3859751/johnny-depp-australia-dogs-barnaby-joyce-pistol-boo-return/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3859751/johnny-depp-australia-dogs-barnaby-joyce-pistol-boo-return/"},"headline":"Johnny Depp Is Going to Flee Australia With His Terriers to Save Them From Death","datePublished":"2015-05-15T03:13:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:13:29.166Z","description":"However, there are concerns the U.S. may not let the dogs back in the country","url":"https://time.com/3859751/johnny-depp-australia-dogs-barnaby-joyce-pistol-boo-return/","keywords":["celebrities","Australia","Dogs","Johnny Depp","Amber Heard"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa8314586d39e8f6/6987831c524fc02ba0decd90/johnny-depp-injury.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa8314586d39e8f6/6987831c524fc02ba0decd90/johnny-depp-injury.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actor Johnny Depp poses during a photo session ahead of a news conference for his movie \"Mortdecai\" in Tokyo January 28, 2015.","caption":"Actor Johnny Depp poses during a photo session ahead of a news conference for his movie \"Mortdecai\" in Tokyo January 28, 2015.","creditText":"Toru Hanai—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3859751/johnny-depp-australia-dogs-barnaby-joyce-pistol-boo-return/","name":"Johnny Depp Is Going to Flee Australia With His Terriers to Save Them From Death"}}]}] ```