Pets and Animals in the Netherlands

Information about looking after pets and animals in the Netherlands...

Veterinarians

Most towns have at least one veterinarian practice (dierenarts) where there may be a 24 hour on-call service or an emergency veterinarian clinic (dieren spoedkliniek).

The Federatie Dierenambulances Nederland (FDN) is a network of animal ambulances, which can collect wild or domestic animals that cannot be moved safely by other means.

• Federatie Dierenambulances Nederland
  At: Amersfootseweg 38, 3951 LC Maarn
  Tel: 034 352 1751
  Fax: 034 351 6776

• Find a local animal ambulance service. Select your region

Dieren Ambulance is a nationwide animal ambulance service with regional centres in Rotterdam and The Hague.

• Dieren Ambulance (in Dutch)
  Tel: 0900 0245

Animal Welfare Association

The Dutch society for the protection of animals is the Dierenbescherming. The organisation protects and re-homes animals of all breeds: domestic, farm and wild mammals as well as birds, fish and reptiles. There are refuges across the country.

• Find a local branch of the Dierenbescherming

Animal protection is not government funded and the Dierenbescherming makes its money from donations and the National Postcode Lottery (Nationale Postcode Loterij).

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