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Depp, who is in Australia to film the fifth of his
blockbuster pirate movies, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men
Tell No Tales", also faces a formal interview with government
officers into how the Yorkshire terriers were allegedly smuggled
in, a spokesman for minister Barnaby Joyce told Reuters.
The dogs would be flying out "sometime this evening", he said.
The incident highlights tough animal security laws in Australia,
which has had no reported cases of rabies among dogs.
Last month, Depp flew in the dogs on his private jet, without
declaring them to customs but government officials followed a
tip-off after they were seen on the way to a grooming salon.
An online petition calling on Joyce to spare the dogs now has
17,500 signatures and has sparked a debate on Twitter.
"Hade a restless night worrying about Johnny Depp's dogs. I hope
they make it home okay," one @pete_mccarthy tweeted.
(Reporting by Swati Pandey; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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