site.btaLaw's Strength Is in Its Effectiveness, Not Its Radicalism, PM Says

Effective laws and proper law enforcement should be the main goal of Bulgarian legislation, said Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov on Monday during Together Against Cruelty! New Threats and Effective Solutions for Animal Protection international conference in Sofia.

The forum organized by Bulgarian MEP Emil Radev of GERB/EPP, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals was attended by the Minister of Justice Georgi Georgiev, Members of Parliament, Acting Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov, representatives of the Ministry of Interior, and various experts.

Prime Minister Zhelyazkov noted that the government responded quickly to recent incidents of animal cruelty and immediately drafted legislative amendments, which, along with other proposals, have already passed on first reading in the National Assembly. 

In March and April, protests erupted after two individuals from Pernik were arrested for torturing and killing animals in particularly cruel ways, filming the acts and selling the videos.