Livestock farmer threatens to burn his flock of over 2000 healthy sheep

The livestock farmer from Velingrad, Georgi Iliev, threatened in the National Assembly to burn his flock of over 2,000 sheep, which is at risk of starvation, if he does not receive aid from the state, reported Bulgarian National Radio. Due to suspicions of a plague a year ago, actions were taken by the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food to euthanize his flock. However, it was later discovered that the laboratory conducting the study was not licensed, and numerous violations were found in the procedure. For a year, the livestock farmer has had no access to pastures and cannot sell his produce due to restrictions in place to prevent the spread of plague and sheep pox. "There is no grazing, we have no means, we are already exhausted, last year's production is still sitting. We were not given a market for Easter or St. George's Day. We want the institutions to decide with us as soon as possible what to do. If they can ...