In a declaration released on March 10, the Federal Council of Switzerland has actually likewise mentioned that the Federal Office of Food Safety and Veterinary (FSVO) will help with info relating to the treatments for crossing the border with animals on their website while alerting versus unlawful imports of animals, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
“To protect pets and inform owners, the FSVO provides assistance on its website on travelling with pets and importing animals, plants, and foods. The FSVO also warns against spontaneously purchasing animals abroad. They often come from cruel breeding environments or illegal dog trading. Any journey with or purchase of a pet must be well planned, well prepared, and carefully checked,” the declaration checks out.
According to FSVO, animals that have void and created travel files cannot go into Switzerland. At the exact same time, if this unlawful import occurs, it can lead to fines or prosecution.
Demand for animals increased most throughout the pandemic, and at the exact same time, the variety of animal imports broadened.
Over the previous 2 years, imports of dogs increased by a quarter from around 28,000 in 2019 to roughly 35,000 throughout 2021.
Meanwhile, import allows for dogs originating from nations with a high threat of rabies throughout the in 2015 have actually doubled from about 1,000 to 2,000.
“Animal welfare cases at the border have risen almost fourfold, from 654 in 2020 to 2,560 in 2021 as the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (FOCBS) announced today,” the declaration explained in this regard.
In addition, the FOCBS Competence Center for Pets signed up a record variety of animals that were not stated properly when crossing the border and were required to custom-mades clearance retroactively.
Meanwhile, retroactive custom-mades clearance of animals increased throughout 2021 to 4,903 from just 280 in 2019, which would suggest that this is a 17-fold boost within 3 years.
Criminal procedures were likewise set up in more than two-thirds of subsequent statement cases, and overall fines increased more than sixfold from CHF 30,000 in 2019 to CHF 200,000 over the previous year.
Moreover, in 2021 The FSVO Border Veterinary Service was required to do something about it whens it comes to more than 300 animals in Zurich and Geneva airports.
