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THE MUNICIPALITY OF SLIVEN PROPOSES ACTIONS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH Stray ANIMALS ON THE ROADStranslated

September 8, 2026 · 1 min read

The municipality of Sliven proposes specific actions to solve the problem of free-moving stray farm animals on the streets and municipal roads. This became clear today during a meeting of the Regional Epizootic Commission. Deputy Mayor Kamen Kostov presented a draft of a tripartite contract between the Municipality of Sliven, the Regional Directorate for Food Safety /ODBH/ and a contractor to carry out the capture, transportation and temporary accommodation of the animals.

The proposed mechanism aims to ensure a clear procedure and quick response to alerts on free-ranging farm animals that pose a danger to traffic, people and the animals themselves.

According to the draft of the contract, the contractor will capture the animals moving freely on the streets of the populated areas and the municipal roads on the territory of the Sliven municipality. The possibility of transportation and 72-hour accommodation of the captured animals in a suitable facility is also foreseen. In the case of animals with identification, an inspection will be carried out by the ODBH, which will determine the subsequent actions.

The Municipality of Sliven undertakes to pay for the capture activities and the necessary 72-hour stay of the animals, as...

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Elizabeth Johnson

Good to see they're finally setting up a clear system with the three-way contract and that 72-hour holding period. The part about checking for identification tags makes sense — too many times I've seen loose animals on the roads near us that belong to someone who just let them wander. Hope it actually gets the strays off the streets without too much red tape.

Емил Ангелов

It's good that there will finally be a clear contractor to catch and transport the animals instead of them hanging out on the roads. The 72 hour hold time and the ODBH check for a chip or tag is important because it's often someone's cows or sheep that have just been let out to graze. Let's see if it will be respected and if the municipality of Sliven will pay on time so that the contract does not fall apart.

Γιώργος Λαμπρόπουλος

Good that they will finally get someone to collect them quickly, because in recent years I have often seen cows and sheep walking along the country road to Sliven and creating a hazard. The 72 hours and the control by the ODBX for marking is reasonable, lest those who let them go freely are also caught this way. Let's see if it will work in practice.