588 Ukrainian pets have “fled” to Norway
– It is currently not possible to say anything about costs for temporary quarantine facilities, transport and veterinary treatment, but the handling of the situation requires significant resources, writes Ole-Herman Tronerud in the Norwegian Food Safety Authority in an email to E24.
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority has established 51 quarantine facilities with a total of 1,100 places for animals from Ukraine.
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In principle, animals outside the EU must be killed if they do not have the paperwork in order, but the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has made an exception and no Ukrainian pets will be killed due to lack of paperwork or vaccines.
– The cost of quarantine tests, and vaccines to demand to cover is covered by the authorities, writes director Tronerud.
Some of the Authority’s local departments use all or much of their veterinary capacity to handle the animals from Ukraine. Some also have to borrow employees from others, he says.