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Sofia opens shelter for stray dogs

Thu, Jun 26 2008 13:16 CET

byElitsa Grancharova

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A new dog shelter for 100 dogs was opened on June 25 in Sofia's Slatina neighbourhood. Bulgarian-language broadcaster zagrada.bg said this was the third dog-shelter out of five that are planned to open in the near future. The shelter was built by German foundation Tierhilfe Süden, which has been operating in Bulgaria for 12 years under the name Vtori Shans (Second Chance).

Another shelter for 500 dogs will open in the Kremikovtzi area and one for 250 dogs will start operating in the Mladost borough. Municipal company Ecoravnovesie chairperson Miroslav Naydenov was quoted by Zagrada.bg as saying that there were less than 10 000 stray dogs in Sofia, and by 2011 there would not be any stray dogs.

At least 12 per cent of the city's stray dogs will be accommodated in the five dog shelters with a total capacity of 1200 animals, Zagrada.bg said.

Source: zagrada.bg
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