Travelling with pet animals
Dogs, cats and ferrets
Other pets
Other authorities
Questions about importing or exporting Pets?
Going on a cruise or other short trip with a pet animal?
Please note that your pet animal must meet all travel-related requirements even on short visits of a few hours to for example Sweden or Estonia.
Review the requirements:
Why are there so many restrictions on animal travel?
Securing Finland together.
Restrictions aim to prevent the spread of harmful animal diseases to Finland.
Our goal is 0 cases of echinococcosis.
By providing dogs with the anti-echinococcus treatment, Finland is kept free from echinococcosis infections. This affects the food safety of us all.
Finland has been rabies-free since 1991.
For the safety of us all, it is important that the rabies vaccinations of animals are in order and that animals carrying rabies do not enter Finland.
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