The number of sheep in Bulgaria is already below 1 million
Lamb
Bulgaria
Published Jan 17, 2022
Tridge summary
The number of sheep raised in Bulgaria in the last three years has decreased by 300,000, according to data on registered farm animals in Bulgaria, BNR reports. According to statistics published in the open data portal, a little over 987 thousand sheep are currently bred in Bulgaria, while three years ago there were one million and three hundred thousand.
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According to the chairman of the sheep breeding association Simeon Karakolev, however, the difference is due not so much to a real reduction as to the removal of virtual animals from the electronic system. The number of cattle is reported and reduced, and the number of poultry is raised the most. The current number of cattle and buffaloes in the country is 534 thousand, 156 thousand are goats, far less - just over 15 thousand are horses bred in our country. Leaders in the number of Bulgarian livestock are birds. Their total number is over 29 million. Among them are 144 ostriches. Agricultural statistics report that bee colonies exceed the number of pigs - 553 thousand pigs were on farms in Bulgaria, and 706 thousand are bee colonies. California worms also find a place in the statistics with the animals kept in our country. They are nearly 58 thousand, and it is explicitly stated that the unit of measurement for them is a square meter. In connection with the judgment of the ...
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