Sofia Police to Sell 11 Retired Horses as Activists, MEP and Animal-Rights Group Push for Reform of Service-Animal Rules
Smadar Spector
Sofia’s mounted police unit plans to auction off 11 horses on December 1 because they have grown too old and unfit for service, Chief Commissioner Stoyan Tsenov of the Specialized Police Forces with the Sofia Directorate of the Interior said during a news briefing Wednesday. The announcement has triggered reactions from animal-rights organizations and an MEP, Emil Radev, who argue that Bulgaria urgently needs legal changes to ensure that retired service animals are treated with care and dignity rather than as surplus property.
An animal-rights group, Kazhi, has launched a petition demanding reforms so that decommissioned police horses and service dogs are offered for adoption or lifelong care instead of being sold with no control over what happens with them after that.
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