Government Decree on Compensation for Damages Caused by Predatory Animals. Country/Territory Finland Document type Regulation Date 2000 (2001) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Cultivated plants Keyword Animal production Dangerous animal/harmful animal Plant production Liability/compensation Geographical area Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Decree provides for compensation from State funds of damage caused by bear, wolf, wolverine and lynx (predatory animals) to humans, traffic, agriculture, livestock, reared animals, inanimate chattels and reindeer. Compensation for damage to cultivated areas, animals and chattels must be claimed in the form approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The municipal rural business authority can carry out an inspection at the site where the damages to cultivated areas, animals or chattels occurred. Full text English/Swedish Website www.finlex.fi