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            Chronicles: October 23, 2011 Local Election. Sofia News Agency
            summarized solutions that the top five candidates for Sofia mayor suggested to the city's gravest problems in various public appearances in the media during their pre-election campaign. Here are solutions to the dog overpopulation crisis.

            Yordanka Fandakova: Stray dogs should be put to sleep only when they are sick and aggressive, which is what we are doing at the moment. The solution to the problem lies in the registry of pets, castrated dogs, building shelters and euthanasia for the sick and aggressive dogs.

            Georgi Kadiev: I would order euthanasia only for those dogs who are aggressive. This is what the European directive says.

            Proshko Proshkov: I can not order that the stray dogs be killed because I would break the law. But they just should not be out in the street. The stray dogs in Sofia should go to shelters. But first of all we should stop those environmentally friendly organizations live Ekoravnovesie, who keep one of Sofia dirtiest secrets, These people remove just one of the two ovaries so that they can ask for more money for the second procedure. Sofia needs a zoo police, which will monitor the owners of dogs and catch them red-handed when they leave a dog out in the cold.

            Vladimir Karolev: I would go for the so-called chemical castration. It was fairly recently invented in the United States.

            Nikolay Pehlivanov: Stray dogs should be castrated and taken into shelters outside the territory of the city.

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            __Public Awareness: Luckily for Dog Bunchers. A comment by Emil Kuzmanov of Animal Programs released in Dnevnik daily. This article severely criticizes the most recent municipal bill named "2011-2016 Stray-Dog-Population Curbing Program." The article in Bulgarian language  >>

            Roaming dog near waste bins in Sofia. Dnevnik daily.

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            Chronicles: Declaration from the
            National Association of Municipalities. National Assembly Chairman, Cecka Cacheva, and Prime Minister, Bojko Borisov, get in July 2011 a written declaration from the National Assembly of Municipalities in Republic of Bulgaria (NAMRB) General Assembly concerning stray dog issue. General Assembly insists a national strategy for solving the problem to be considered as relevant national bodies to be charged with the responsibility in fighting dog overpopulation. The declaration in Bulgarian language  >>

                                                                          Cecka Cacheva, Chair of Parliament. Novinite.com.

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            _Effective Government: Bulgarian authorities get first report on animal shelter operations. A new report for the Bulgarian government recommends that all shelters submit to Agriculture Ministry annual data report on intake and disposition of animals as a part of new animal control strategy. The study is based on data from 14 municipalities having a total population of 43 per cent of the entire human population of Bulgaria. Read the report in English language  >>


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            _Effective Government: Open letter to Prime Minister of Bulgaria. Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Bojko Borisov, made in August 2011 draft proposal to the Animal Protection Act. The only changes proposed in the scope of pet population management were extending the term for neutering unwanted dogs and then impounding all them at "temporary animal shelters outside settlements" until the end of 2015. Animal Programs jumped against and drafted appropriate texts that could reduce dog and cat over-reproduction, pet population pressure, animal roam and abusive treatment of roaming animals.
            Read the letter in English language  >>

                                                                                     Bojko Borisov, Bulgarian PM. Vagabond.bg.

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            _Effective Government: Sofia to effectively deal with pet overpopulation, Deputy Mayor Bojadzhijska to be fired. On 9 August 2011, Mayor of Sofia, Jordanka Fandykova, and Sofia Council Chairman, Andrej Ivanov, received a letter from Anima Programs criticizing incompetent policies conducted by the Deputy Mayor Maria Bojadzhijska over the past six years. The letter also made ​​a proposal to create a multi-stakeholder committee to prepare a program for effective local dog and cat population management. The document in Bulgarian language  >>

            Jordanka Fandykova, Mayor of Sofia

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            _Professional Knowledge: ICAM Coalition's Humane Dog Population Management Guidance in Bulgarian language. A true and whole Bulgarian version of this document was published on internet by Animal Programs in August, 2011. It was also provided to the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency Director, Dr. Jordan Vojnov, Sofia Council Chairman, Andrej Ivanov, and Mayor of Sofia, Jordanka Fandykova. The translated version  >>


            Jordan Vojnov, Director of Bulgarian Food Safety Agency




            European Animal Cruelty Price Index for 2011

            28 Oct 2011. The Price of Travel’s European Backpacker Index for 2011 featured Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, as Europe’s cheapest tourist city that is becoming more popular each year, somewhat due to the low prices for almost everything.

            Animal Programs Foundation is opposed to the hypocritical image of Sofia as a true tourist city because of Europe's bleakest animal control secret. It must discourage most casual travelers and we call them to stay away from this destination.

            Sofia has its ongoing pet overpopulation problem. But City Hall and its serving NGOs do not consider reducing unplanned pet breeding by providing both accessible low-cost neutering services and appointing dog warden services to discourage dog owners who allow their pets to roam outside unmonitored. It results in at least 10,000 animals that join unwanted dog population every year.

            However, general public and true animal welfare community are unaware of the roaming dogs' faith. Unreported pound seizure and pet theft are likely the major activities of the local animal control services. For example, between 1 September 2006 and 5 September 2011, 24,034 dogs - half the estimated increase - were reported by officials as impounded. Of them, almost 17,000 were reported as neutered and released outside. At the same time, current number of sterilized strays roaming the streets remains undisclosed.

            Backpackers should consider Sofia as an unique European pattern of institutionalized pet abuse. So we beg all them to avoid this city of darkness.
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