Stray, injured or dead animals and birds

Have you found a dog or cat but the owner is unknown? Then contact Animal Ambulance Northeast Friesland, phone number 06 501 28 269. Animal Pension Adventure.

• Shelter owner: D. de Jong, Breedijk 1, Ryptsjerk telephone number 0511-432197
• A7 North vets
• Veterinarian DAP Hurdegaryp

Needy birds and native wildlife

The Fûgelhelling
De Feart 1, Ureterp
Phone number: 0512 - 51 43 28
Email: info@defugelhelling.nl 

Needy aquatic turtles

Schildpadopvang Nederland
Warmoltstrjitte 67, Harkema
Phone number: 088 - 444 0777
Email: info@schildpaddenopvang.nl

Since April 1, 2013, chipping and registering puppies is mandatory! On the website Chip your animal you can find more information about the obligation and read answers to frequently asked questions. You will also find an overview of designated databases for registration.

Also for other pets such as cats, chipping and registration is possible and useful. In case of loss or theft the owner can be traced this way. Your veterinarian can advise you on this.

Do you want to report a pet as missing? Then contact Amivedi-Netherlands to register your missing or found pet. Check the website of Amivedi.nl for all contact information. If necessary, you can also contact shelter owners.

The animal could possibly be lying dead by the side of the road. A photograph is taken of cats found dead by the roadside by the municipality's field service. The animals are then disposed of. If the cat is microchipped we try to locate the owner. These found animals are passed on by the municipality to Amivedi.nl.

Want to report sick birds?

• Then call 0512 - 330 001
• Leave the sick bird where it is, this is to prevent the sick bird from wandering around anyway and thereby causing further spread.

As a passerby, have you found a dead wild (water) bird? Don't touch the bird(s) but remember where they are and report it to the Frisian Environmental Alert number 058 - 212 24 22

• Dead hobby chickens or hobby birds? Report this to the veterinarian. As a private citizen, you have your own responsibility.
• Information for commercial poultry farmers with sick or dead birds can be found on the NVWA website.
• Dead birds on public property? If so, you can make a report through Fixi.

The conditions for reporting animals whose owners are unknown are as follows:

• report all dead animals to the municipality within office hours by calling 14 0511
• report all dead animals outside office hours to the police by calling 0900 8844
• For stray or injured pets where no owner is known, call Animal Ambulance North East Friesland at telephone number 06 501 282 69

All information about the North East Friesland Animal Ambulance can be found on the Animal Welfare Center Adventure website.

Your dead pet should not go in the trash, even if it is very small. Your pet's remains can be:

• For a fee, have it picked up by the animal ambulance;
• Have it cremated at a licensed pet crematorium;
• Have it buried in special cemetery for pets;
• Burial in own garden or own grounds;
• Bring to the veterinarians designated by the municipality. The municipality has designated 2 veterinarians to take dead companion animals. Dierenpraktijk Giekerk-Hardegarijp-Veenwouden, Westeromwei 71, 9254 ED Hurdegaryp and A7 Noord Dierenartsen Burgum, Elingsloane 18, 9251 MN Burgum;
• When in doubt, contact your veterinary practice.

When burying in your own garden or on your own property, you must not wrap the dead animal in plastic or other substances harmful to the soil. In addition, the grave must be at least 75 cm deep.