UPDATE, MAY 14:

Johnny Depp has reportedly booked safe passage for his two pooches aboard a private jet back to the United States so as to avoid having the Australian government execute them.

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Depp isn't out of the woods yet, though. The Daily Mail claims "Depp and wife Amber Heard could face hefty fines, criminal charges and even serve jail time if they are found to have wilfully deceived Australian customs over the importation of their two Yorkshire terriers. They’re expected to leave the country tonight, before a 72-hour deadline lapses and pets Pistol and Boo are seized."Earlier reports from the international press said Depp's dogs were poodles, but it turns out they're terriers.The original report follows ...Australia's Minister of Agriculture Barnaby Joyce has instructed Johnny Depp to send his dogs back to California or face them being put down.Depp, currently in Australia to shoot Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales , is in trouble with the Department of Agriculture for failing to declare his two poodles when he entered the country via private jet.“He has decided to bring to our nation two dogs without actually getting proper certification and the proper permits required", said Joyce, via The Guardian. "Basically, it looks like he snuck them in.”The Department discovered that Depp had the dogs, Boo and Pistol, after he was spotted taking them to a poodle groomer.Australia's quarantine laws are strict in order to avoid spreadable diseases entering the country.“Mr Depp has to either take his dogs back to California or we are going to have to euthanise them", said Joyce. "He’s now got about 50 hours left to remove the dogs.”The minister insisted that Depp shouldn't receive special treatment just because he's a movie star.“It’s time that Pistol and Boo b*ggered off back to the United States,” said Joyce. “He can put them on the same chartered jet he flew out on to fly them back out of our nation.” Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is scheduled to open July 7, 2017.

Lucy O'Brien is Entertainment Editor at IGN’s AU office. Follow her ramblings on Twitter.