| During the last 15 years in the City of Sofia, there’s been carefully nourished a peculiar perplexity by a bulk street manifestation of abandoned, cross-bred dogs, followed by the disappearance of them most. Besides this dynamically fluctuating overpopulation figure, there are about 2-3 thousand of so called "neighborhood" dogs, let living free in the different communities for better period of time. Quite enough number of the latest are sterilized and they are not the cause for the emergence of the thousands growing-up newcomers. The city’s "dilemma" outshines by far the long established and deeply entrenched process of unrestricted acquiring/collection, breeding and commerce of cats and dogs nationwide. The animal owners and sosiety as whole has been shaped for years by the authorities, journalists and popular SPCAs (so-called "nature defenders") discussing only the situation concerning the "street dog population" in Sofia and the amendment of an Animal Protection Act. Thus the process in their integrity stays neglected. Nevertheless, we believe that enough people concern in welfare of all pet animals in Bulgaria. Since December 2002 we talk about welfare of the both cat and dog populations, population growth and population shift. The APF remains the leading initiative focused on frustration of the habitual pet breeding in the households and restriction of the pet movements. |
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