Veterinarian Dispute Hardens (Norway)

Norway Post ^ | January 26, 2005 | Rollely Solholm

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26. Januar 2005

Veterinarian dispute hardens

The conflict between Norway's veterinarians and the Department of Agriculture has worsened, after Tuesday's negotiations failed to reach an agreement on a new emergency duty rota.

The Department is now trying to get veterinarians to do night duty outside a union agreement.

As of January 1st there is no longer a veterinarian emergency on-call service, and there have been cases where farm animals have died outside office hours, because a veterenary has not been available, NRK reports.

The Department is now trying to get veterinarians to agree to a voluntary emergency call service, outside the union agreement. They claim this is within the law for animal care.

This is strongly opposed by the Veterinarians' Union, which has asked its members to reject such an arrangement.

(NRK)

Rollely Solholm

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Okay, in my continuing efforts to rehabilitate the image of Norway on Free Republic, for illumination the above is offered; apparently Norway has socialized medicine for animals, too?

Norway is the Nebraska of Europe--there are so many similarities it boogles the mind, between the two places and the two peoples--but that was covered on an earlier thread.

One wonders if bison are covered under socialized medicine in Norway, as apparently farm animals are, the presence of bison in Norway being another one of these startling similarities with Nebraska. (And yes, in all seriousness, at least according to the internet, Norway does have bison, real bison, just like Nebraska.)

Nebraska produces 100% of the edible beef that is produced in the United States--and scant appreciation Nebraska gets for it--one supposes unappreciated Norway produces 100% of the bison found in all of Europe.

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Ping.

If anyone else wishes to be on the "Norway ping list," so as to learn more about our gallant ally in the War Against Terror--with a presence in both Afghanistan and Iraq--give me a holler.