« We are tired. » Protests against animal violence took place across the country

With the chanting « Prison killers », « Reform » and « We are tired » thousands of people have protested against animal abuse across the country. In Sofia, the dissatisfaction took place in front of the Court of Justice, and there were dozens of dogs among the protesters, with the smaller ones being held in a hug by their owners.

Posters and banners were also not missing, and they all called for one thing – cruelty and violence against animals to stop.

There were protests in another 30 cities in the country. The assemblers wanted to show their intolerance to violence in any form. The demonstration in Sofia ended with a procession at the National Assembly building.

« If someone attacks a person on the street and hurts him in some way, he will then be able to contact a lawyer, seek help and be given to him. And to whom an animal will turn to him?

Ivelina Nikolova

What are the protesters’ requests

« In order to have a field of expression all the abusers, not only the two detainees, we are the reason for having animals outside because we did not castrate them, and in the end stray animals did not fall from the sky, » said Valeria Georgieva, one of the initiators of the protest.

She urged people to treat their pets more responsibly and take castration measures to reduce the population of stray animals. Some of them are collected in shelters and viewed in very difficult conditions.

« Our effort should always be to have fewer animals in the shelters, not to fill them, » Georgieva added.

She also turned to organizations that help to adopt stray animals to better explore their future owners so that they do not leave them in the hands of abusers.

Ivelina Nikolova

Stefan Todorov, a representative of the civilian staff « Invisible Animals, » also called for measures that would help in the fight against violence against animals. Among them are:

Ivelina Nikolova

Ivelina Nikolova

Ivelina Nikolova

Ivelina Nikolova

Todorov urged the government to make a long -term commitment to solve these problems instead of just making changes to the Penal Code. According to him, there should be preventative measures against violence.

The people who work on the ground

« I come from the shelter in Bogrov. From 7 o’clock in the morning we have been there with the volunteers.

He explained that his efforts were aimed at rescuing animals from municipal shelters, who were fighting more serious health problems. He also talked about the extreme conditions in the summer and winter, when the animals there die of heat or cold. Every year, some of them die because of poor food.

Ivelina Nikolova

« Almost every week we take animals from the municipal shelters to treat them at an external clinic, because otherwise they will die there. And the diagnosis is one – liver or kidney failure. This comes mainly from the food that is the lowest class.

During the protest, representatives of the initiative « Angels of Vrabnitsa » also spoke. They also signaled the poor conditions in the shelters and that they very often have to make animals from there to save them from death. The organization complained that the animals that were dying in the cells were not many.

Ivelina Nikolova

The main demands of the protest remain to take more measures to limit the population of stray animals, as well as to have a reaction from the police for signals of violence not only on animals but also on humans. They also demand that the laws also provide for greater penalties for both crimes.

« I challenge you all to be part of the change. Do not close your eyes when you hear that someone is abused an animal or a person. Do not close your eyes because it is not with you. Tomorrow it can be with you, » said Valeria Georgieva.