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First punishment in wake of Bulgaria's operation Octopus

Fri, Mar 05 2010 12:53 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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First punishment in wake of Bulgaria's operation Octopus

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Bulgaria's operation Octopus, during which 13 people were arrested on February 10 on charges of economic offences, influence peddling, racketeering, procuring, offering of sexual services for money, money laundering and tax evasion, has yielded the first punitive sentence, albeit in the form of a fine.

Bulgaria's Environment Ministry said on March 5 that it imposed a 3000 leva fine, the highest amount possible, on Plamen and Yordan Stoyanov, for keeping exotic wildlife without a licence. The two brothers, known also as the Dambovtsi brothers, kept three tigers and a jaguar.

According to the ministry statement, Bulgaria's Animal Protection Act allows only licensed zoos and wildlife facilities, which the Stoyanovs house was not, to keep feline predators.

The jaguar and female tiger were confiscated and allocated to the Sofia Zoo. One male tiger was sent to the Stara Zagora Zoo and the other is in the Blagoevgrad Zoo, the ministry said.

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Anonymous peter Mon, Mar 08 2010 17:22 CET
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Better put the brothers in the cage next to the tigers for a couple of years, lets say about 25. The fine is absolutely a big laugh for them!!!
But then again who cares about anything?

Anonymous Taro Sat, Mar 06 2010 00:00 CET
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3.000 Leva is the highest fine they can impose?! That's a joke... The bulgarian penal code needs a deep reform.

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Anonymous robert in france Fri, Mar 05 2010 20:34 CET
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Has anybody even been to the so called wild life park at kustendil ? It really is very sad the conditions are terrible


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