Bulgaria country profile
Human population: 7.15 million (NSI 2015 est.) Ranked in the Transparency International's 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index: 69-75 out of 175 countries Ranked in the Freedom House's 2014 Freedom of the Press Index: 78-82 out of 197 countries Ranked in the Reporters Without Borders' 2014 Press Freedom Index: 100 out of 180 countries Fulfilling international treaties on companion animal management [1]: Absolutely disregarded Major animal birth control approach legally provided: Catch-Neuter-Release Estimated number of owned dogs/cats: 750,000/780,000 [2] Reporting intake and disposition of shelter animals: Not enacted Lost & Found and Re-homing Shelter Policies: Not enacted Euthanizing healthy, unwanted pet animals: Banned Legal Pound Seizure: Banned Investigating commercial movements of stolen and unwanted pets e.g. pound seizure [3]: Not known -- [1] European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals (Council of Europe, 1987) ratified by Bulgaria in 2004 [2] The European Pet Food Industry Federation (FEDIAF), 2012 [3] Cases involving organized pet theft, illegal disposition of shelter animals, illegal pound seizure, illegal animal use in research, dog & cat fur trade etc. |
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