(in Finland): – The dog is still here. I feed it and the dog looks happy and happy while it’s in at least, but then “move” it on. I have no control over it. Now I’m starting to get a little nervous because it jumps across the road, says Laila Mikkelsen to iFinnmark.
Claims it is Sonja from Russia
Last weekend, the Finnmark police district published a report about a found dog in Stonga, a small hamlet about two and a half miles from Kirkenes.
Around the same time, it was claimed on several groups on Facebook that the dog belongs to a lady from the border area on the Russian side, and both Nikel and Zapoljarnij are mentioned in the comment fields. The border violator herself will go by the name Sonja. Several photos of the dog have also been posted on social media in recent days.
Can’t confirm it’s Sonja
Whether the dog actually belongs in Russia, Jørn Haagenrud, police station manager at Kirkenes police station, cannot confirm.
– No, we can’t confirm that, but we know that she thinks the dog is hers, and Russian at that.
Haagenrud states that the police have not yet succeeded in retrieving the dog.
– Our patrol has tried to catch the dog, but it has not allowed itself to be caught and is shy of people.
In the worst case, have to euthanize the dog
When asked what is planned next with the dog, the police station manager replies as follows:
– We are concerned about having a loose dog from the Russian side, both out of consideration for the possible spread of diseases, as well as the fact that there is now a leash and there are many reindeer and game in the area that will soon calve and other vulnerable wildlife. The dog can do a lot of damage by being loose in this way and that worries us. If the dog cannot be caught, we will have to consider euthanizing it.
– It is not easy to get the dog transferred back to Russia. It must be quarantined and an owner must guarantee all expenses related to this, he writes.
Before he elaborates:
– This applies to both costs of capture, quarantine and transport. We are in dialogue with both the Norwegian Food Safety Authority and the border commissioner regarding the dog.
The fugitive rests on Laila Mikkelsen’s veranda in Stonga.
– This morning the dog was on the outside here, and there were four reindeer walking right on the outside of the fence, maybe ten meters from the dog, and there was no reaction from that dog.
– It lay completely still when it saw the reindeer. It didn’t move. Not a sound from the dog. It was as if frozen to the ground.
– I was very excited about how it was going to go, but it went perfectly well.
Can catch it in a cage
Laila Mikkelsen says that the police were in Stonga earlier this week to try to catch the dog to see if it is chipped, but that they did not succeed, and since then she has not heard anything from them.
– There are people who contact me and ask why the dog is loose, but I can’t do anything about it. I can’t hold it down, but what I can help with is getting it into a cage. So, if the police bring a cage here, I can help with that.
– Do you think it is sad that the police say that as a last resort you have to consider euthanizing it?
– Of course. It’s sad if that happens. But why should they have to do that, then? I wonder. If they bring a cage to me, the dog sits in the cage after two days, concludes Mikkelsen.
2023-04-29 18:43:21
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