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Penniless Bulgaria to Give Up Building Turkish Border FMD Fence [Apr 17, 2012] Bulgaria's government will reverse its decision to build a fence along its border with Turkey, a measure which was supposed to tackle the infiltration of foot-and-mouth disease-infected animals. This has been announced Tuesday night by the press service of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers, ahead of the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday. The announcement states that regardless ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Top Destination for Hunting Red Deer - Govt Agency [Oct 07, 2011] Bulgaria has emerged as one of the most popular global destinations for the hunting of red deer among "hunting tourists," according to the State Forestry Agency. A total of 73 foreign hunters arrived to hunt red deer in the past month, the Agency said in a statement, adding that the red deer population in Bulgaria numbers between 18 000 and 21 000 animals. The trophies from red deer's horns that ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Reintroduce Extinct Prehistoric Wild Horses [Aug 30, 2011] Tarpans, extinct prehistoric wild horses, are to be reintroduced to Bulgaria's nature at the beginning of September as a part of the Bulgarian ? Dutch New Thracian Gold Project. The first group of 12 tarpans to be reintroduced in Bulgaria will arrive from The Netherlands and will be settled in the southern Krumovgrad region near the Bulgarian-Turkish border. Initially, the animals will live in a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Restore Cold War Fence with Turkey over FMD [Apr 20, 2011] Bulgaria will restore the fence on its Turkish border, which existed in the Cold War period, to prevent animals with food-and-mouth disease (FMD) from entering it, the Bulgarian Council of Ministers has decided. Currently, there is a fence covering a mere 28.5 km of the 209.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Claims to Have Eliminated FMD [Feb 08, 2011] Bulgaria has eliminated the center of foot-and-mouth disease that emerged end of December 2010, according to Yordan Voynov, head of the National Veterinary Medical Service. Three villages ? Kosti, Rezovo, and Gramatikovo ? in the Strandzha mountain region in the Southeast with animals infected with foot-and-mouth disease were detected in January, the last one being discovered on January 31. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Uncovers 3rd FMD Flare in Poor Strandzha Region [Jan 31, 2011] 13 cases of foot-and-mouth disease infected animals have been confirmed in the southeastern Bulgarian village of Gramatikovo, confirmed veterinary authorities. This is the third flare of FMD in the southeastern Strandzha Mountains region for January, after the disease was discovered in the villages of Kosti and Rezovo. About 1100 blood samples of animals from the region have been tested, out of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Hunt 17 Brown Bears [Jan 28, 2011] Seventeen brown bears will be legally hunted in Bulgaria 2011, as the government introduced a bear hunting quota for the first time on Thursday. Bulgaria has introduced the quota as a measure on controlling the animals' population after one person was killed and another was severely wounded by killer bears in the southern District of Smolyan in 2010. According to recent tallies, some 550 brown ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria sets first annual bear hunting quota [Jan 27, 2011] Bulgaria's environment ministry set an annual brown bear hunting quota for the first time on Thursday, following a decades-long ban on killing the protected animals. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Considers Border Fence with Turkey Over FMD [Jan 18, 2011] Bulgaria will demand financial support from the European Commission to rebuild its border fence with Turkey due to the danger of animals spreading foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). This was announced on Monday by the Head of State Veterinary Public Health Control Directorate Yordan Voynov on Monday. "It is otherwise impossible to follow each wild or domestic animal passing through the border ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria confirms new foot-and-mouth outbreak [Jan 17, 2011] Bulgarian veterinary authorities confirmed yesterday a second outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the southeast of the country, after 500 animals had to be destroyed last week. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria reports second outbreak of foot-and-mouth [Jan 17, 2011] SOFIA, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Some 200 cattle, sheep and pigs will be culled in a southeastern Bulgarian village after a second outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in domestics animals was detected, the National Veterinary Service said on Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Propose Jail Time for Animal Cruelty (Novinite.com) [Mar 30, 2010] Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, is proposing 1 to 5 years behind bars for individuals convicted of committing acts of cruelty against animals. [via YahooNews] More >>