Livestock

Researchers from the University of Sussex and the University of Portsmouth discovered that horses can read, remember and react to human expressions.

Since the end of March, State Fund Agriculture has paid a total of BGN 20 620 952 million to 112 poultry farmers under the measures under the scheme "Aid for the implementation of voluntary commitments for bird welfare," the institution said.

State aid aims to support farmers to implement voluntary animal welfare commitments in the poultry sector.

More than 700 animals including cows, goats, cats, dogs and rabbits, which have been abandoned, abused or are disabled have had the chance to begin a new chapter in their lives after being taken in by Sibel Çağlar on Turkey's first farm sanctuary in the western province of İzmir. 

Dozens of horses were left to die of cold and hunger high in the Osogovo Mountain. A campaign of environmentalists was held on Sunday. A whole herd of animals has been abandoned by their owner at random over the past few months.

The horses were blocked by the snow and there was nothing to eat at all. They are owned by businessman Petar Pishtalov from Kyustendil, NOVA reports.

Eggs from the poultry farm in General Toshevo, where avian influenza was detected, are being withdrawn from the commercial network in Varna and the province, BNT reported.

 An outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu was found on a poultry farm in General Toshevo in the region of Dobrich, said the press office of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency.

Bulgarians mark on Saturday the holiday known as Todorovden (the day of Todor or Theodore), also called the Horse Easter.

According to the Orthodox tradition, Todorovden is marked every year on the first Saturday of the Great Lent (the Easter Fast).

A shepherd set fire to a minibus, which hit a herd of sheep and killed 42 sheep in Turkey’s southeastern province of Batman on Feb. 20.

The government will “distribute 300 sheep to every farmer” in Turkey who wants it in a bid to revive the livestock sector, to encourage farmers not to move to urban areas, and to ease high meat prices, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba has stated.

The number of unemployed university graduates has been on the rise in Turkey. Given few job opportunities in the market, many graduates are forced to work as security personnel, delivery people or even shepherds.