01.08.2026 At least two chartered flights carrying up to 150 greyhounds are set to fly to Australia’s eastern states, as a New Zealand ban on the sport comes into effect.(Image: courtesy Mark Galer) The last greyhound race in New Zealand has just been run! It's over. New Zealand, like Australia, likes to hide falls and…
Tag: LAW
Bardot Fund against Culling Stray
15.07.2026 Fondation Brigitte Bardot: Authorized Culling of Stray Dogs in the French Overseas Departments – The Continued (Image: illustration, photo courtesy Evan Clark) 🔴 Abattage autorisé des chiens errants dans les DOM – la suite-Nous vous en parlons depuis plusieurs semaines : fin juin 2026, le Sénat a adopté un scandaleux amendement (art. 14, am….
China: teens sadistic torture
14.07.2026 This case sparked widespread public outrage in China, and the world, especially after the phrase: “Her smell is appetizing”. In July 2026, widespread outrage erupted online following a highly publicized case of animal cruelty, degrading to sheer sadism in Jieyang, Guangdong, China, where four minors brutally tortured three puppies to death and doused their…
USA Ridglan Farms shut down
19.06.2026 A final agreement has been reached to release the remaining beagles housed at the Ridglan Farms dog breeding and research facility in Dane County, finding them medical treatment and new homes. Animal welfare groups praised the settlement. WE DID IT! 🎉🐶 Ridglan Farms is shutting down after decades of breeding for animal testing. Soon,…
Arik: why law isn’t enforced?
12.06.2026 Looking back at Arik’s miserable fate the first question which comes to mind is: why in Sofia, capital city of Bulgaria, the animal welfare laws are not enforced? How come that it was possible to maintain a dog in the garden in a capital of Bulgaria for a decade without vaccination? Zlatimira Ninova Colova…
Bulgaria Dog Database: what’s wrong?
Brussels 11.05.2026 Looking back at my unfortunate, and costly failed dog adoption experience in Bulgaria, I am able of pointing to a major deficiency: the archaic, and nonchalant database, or companion animal registry.The absence of coordination between the centralized national register for microchipped dogs managed by the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) – which is…
EU employee above law?
Brussels 03.05.2026 Although Bulgaria law clearly states that the heritage of an animal should be registered as a property, nobody from Colova (Цолова) family bothered to do so.
Arik: backdating ownership records
Brussels 07.05.2026 Backdating records is generally defined as the practice of marking a document with a date earlier than the actual date of its creation or application. While it can be used for innocent administrative purposes, it is frequently a criminal offence, ranging from forgery to fraud, if done with the intent to mislead, secure…
Arik: Before and After
Brussels 03.2026 Before and After Gallery Rotten crate offered to Arik by the European Parliament employee with €5 000.00 (five thousand euro) monthly salary, the heiress of the property of her late aunt in Knyazhevo, Sofia, Bulgaria. (See Menu above: Family) Zlatimira Ninova Colova (Златимира Нинова Цолова) Arik’s kennel, first in his life, offered by…
False Prenences
On February 20, 2026 when I first saw Arik, he had no owners. A vet in ФИЗИО сlinic in Knyazhevo asked me about his age, and registred me as an owner – “СОБСТВЕНИК”, because the poor dog was not at vet for last seven (7!) years, completely neglected due to illness of his mistress, and…