COLLABORATION

BIRD HELP

We deliver mice and other foods to Fuglehjelpen when they need it.

Fuglehjelpen makes an invaluable effort for Eastern Norway's winged animals and deserves attention and support. Currently, there are not many agencies that take care of injured birds, although the need is clearly present.

If you want to support Fuglehjelpen, it's needed, you can do the following:

Become a member!

Send your contact information to

info@fuglehjelpen.no

and you will receive welcome information in the mail!

Membership costs NOK 350 per year. NOK 500 for family.

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The bird rescue writes about itself;

Fuglehjelpen is an idealistic organization with a focus on the protection of birds. The areas of expertise range from practical advice over the phone, picking up injured birds, delivery to a vet, rehabilitation and ringing. Fuglehjelpen are also experts in the treatment of disaster-affected birds (oil damage - bird washing according to the Swedish model) and humane population regulation (pigeon towers). Fuglehjelpen monitors the biotope conditions of birds and last, but not least, working towards creating respect and understanding of birds through education.

NORWEGIAN HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Nhf says about itself:

"The Norwegian Herpetological Association (NHF) is for anyone interested in reptiles and amphibians. We have a number of areas of work, but in recent years our main task has been to work for legalization when it comes to keeping these animals. We believes that legalization would be appropriate in terms of animal welfare."

Members of Nhf get half price on entry to Oslo Reptilpark.

The discount applies to the owner of the membership card and up to one person accompanying them.

Membership card MUST be presented upon entry. The discount does not apply to special events and classes.

NOTE. The Norwegian Herpetological Association is an independent organization that is not related to Oslo Reptilpark beyond a common interest in herptiles.

All inquiries regarding work on legalization should be directed to Nhf.

MATTILSYNET (Norwegian food safety authority)

Many get a second chance with us

As of 15 August 2017, it became permitted to keep 19 species of reptiles, the so-called positive list. You can find a link to the positive list and other important information about the partial legalization on herpetologisk.org

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We hope this will affect animal welfare in a positive direction, now that reptile owners can freely visit a vet if necessary. In addition, we no longer have to see a lot of healthy animals being euthanized due to seizures. The latter alone is reason enough to cheer!

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There are many people who have let fascination and interest win and have chosen to acquire one or more cold blooded friends. Every year, many animals have been seized by the police and Norwegian food safety authority and the owners fined for illegal animal keeping. The seized animals end up in a kind of limbo, they are undocumented and cannot be exported to other countries where they are legal, and are therefore euthanized in many cases.

On rare occasions, animals are also found outside or on the loose in buildings.

In the vast majority of cases, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority tries to relocate the animals in the country's approved zoos rather than putting them down.

We have a good dialogue with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority and, as far as possible, we accept seized animals and give them a second chance. In some cases we have to say no, we cannot accept more than we can reasonably accommodate. It's not something we take lightly, but we also don't take lightly the responsibility of keeping exotic animals.

It is important to clarify that we do not accept animals directly from people, we only accept inquiries from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.

If you are in a situation where you have lost your animal(s), contact the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, which has your case, and kindly ask them if they can contact us or other zoos. We do not have the opportunity to contact the Norwegian Food Safety Authority on behalf of pet owners.

We urgently ask that no one delivers animals "on our door step". Illegal animals do not automatically become legal even if they are in a zoo and we must again answer to the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.

In the worst case, the animals may be exposed to the risk of injury/cold/overheating by being left unattended. In addition, there is a risk that the Norwegian Food Safety Authority decides to euthanize.

Read more about the regulations in regards to keeping exotic animals at mattilsynet.no

For questions about the legal changes that came i place on August 15, 2017 and the positive list, contact herpetologisk.org