In Norway, a study was conducted in 2012 to test the street dogs adopted by Norwegians from Eastern Europe which apparently showed that about 50% of these dogs did not have protection, high enough titre, following the rabies vaccine but also problems with parasites. As a result, all commercial imports from Romania were stopped in June 2013, but after coming to an agreement with Romanian Authorities regarding special rules for import to Norway, the import was allowed again at the beginning of 2014.

In June 2017, the Mattilsynet stopped and banned all non-commercial import, they regarded all adoptions/import to be commercial import. It was allowed only to travel with your own dog if you were already living in Norway, or tourists coming to Norway. Or if you had lived for a long time abroad, you could bring your dog/animal back to Norway. But you could not adopt or import and travel to get them yourself.

Mattilsynet banned the import since the Norwegian parliament wanted the adoptions/imports to stop, because of the fear of false documents and diseases. They used the study from 2012 to prove their point. After complaints to EFTA and a massive protests from breeders, this new ban never came into force. Mattilsynet says they will continue to work towards a ban on import, but to target the adoptions of homeless animals they mean is a danger to both humans and animals in Noway.

Sweden country was very close to follow Norway example.

Germany was flooded with strays from Romania. Trucks loaded with dogs, more or less healthy, with papers more or less in order – all these put the patience of German authorities at try. The German shelters became soon overpopulated with East dogs. As a result, some of these dogs were “unloaded” from trucks directly in parks across Germany “for a better chance”. Sick dogs, with no vaccine, no passport were put together in the same trucks with healthy dogs.