{"id":27809,"date":"2012-04-02T13:37:55","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T10:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/?p=27809"},"modified":"2012-04-02T14:37:27","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T11:37:27","slug":"a-witch-hunt-in-sofia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arsofia.com\/en\/a-witch-hunt-in-sofia\/","title":{"rendered":"A witch-hunt in Sofia"},"content":{"rendered":"

An 87-year old man was brutally attacked and mulled by dogs in the Malinova Dolina District on the 29-th of March. The elderly professor is still fighting for his life in the emergency hospital. We hope that the doctors will be able to help Prof. Botyo Tachkov. We wish both him and his loved ones courage and strength<\/strong> through this horrifying ordeal.<\/p>\n

As a reply to the monstrous incident the Sofia Municipality issued a statement that the incident is a result of a wrongdoing of non-government organizations in the area. It was said that the dogs were purposely fed raw meat and set loose in the area; that there will be severe penalties for the people who feed homeless dogs.<\/p>\n

We dare not guess how a fed dog is more dangerous than a hungry one. But we see that for yet another time the oldest war method is being used by the Bulgarian institutions \u2013 to make people hate each-other and simply put the blame on NGO\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Then the media blew the hysteria out of proportion. Asking the same meaningless question as if there is any doubt: \u201cWhat is more valuable \u2013 a dog\u2019s life or a human life?<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s sad, but we will have to one more time point out the fact that there are no Animal Welfare activists or organizations who want to have stray animals on the streets. We are the people who work for the solving of the stray animal problem every single day \u2013 in a long-term way.<\/p>\n

The important questions no one asked are for example:<\/p>\n