On the basis of Controlling Information and Analysis Centre for Game Animals and their Habitats of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation (“Centerokhotcontrol”) with the support of the Russian Fur Union and the International Fur Federation (IFF) was established humane trap certification center.
As part of this work Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology has officially registered system of trap certification for the humane trapping of wild animals №ZPOCC RU. B1531.04IZHU0 of 28 June 2016. Also, the order of “Centerokhotcontrol” approved company standards (STO), designed to facilitate the implementation of the Agreement on international humane trapping standards (AIHTS) between the European Union, Canada and the Russian Federation of December 15, 1997., Signed on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation in Brussels April 22, 1998, ratified by the Federal law of 25 April 2008. №52-FZ.
Currently, the work is being done on accreditation and equipping the laboratory with special equipment for testing humane trapping types.