A project to introduce veterinary passports for pets was presented in Kyiv and the launch of the Unified State Register of Pets was announced.
This was reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
The project envisages changes in the procedure for issuing veterinary passports – previously, only state veterinary institutions had the right to issue official documents for animals. The project will be launched in two stages.
The first stage is scheduled for the fall of 2024. It will begin with the launch of the Unified Pet Register, where you can register your pet during a visit to the veterinarian and generate an electronic pet passport.
The service will be provided free of charge by public and licensed private veterinarians who have become project participants and have access to the registry (a list of such doctors throughout Ukraine can be found on the map of veterinary clinics on the pet.gov.ua project portal).
The registry will store all information about the animal, including its vaccination history. The registry will also facilitate the search for lost cats, dogs, and ferrets, their identification, and return to their owners.
During the second stage, when pet registration becomes widespread and the registry is sufficiently filled, the project team will launch the display of veterinary passports in the Diia app.
Further plans include the integration of the Unified State Register with international pet databases, including Europetnet.
