Our Victories for Animals
Real achievements in the protection of animals
Since its establishment, CAAI has been working consistently to put an end to cruelty against animals in industry and to bring about legislative change. Below are some of our most significant achievements over the years:
📄 51,234 signatures were collected and officially submitted to the Bulgarian Parliament.
The Ministry of Environment and Water issued an order banning the import and breeding of American mink in Bulgaria.
The ban was appealed by mink farmers in court.
The European Citizens’ Initiative “Fur Free Europe” collected 1.5 million signatures across the EU.
Together with partner organisations, CAAI contributed 77,506 signatures from Bulgaria.
Based on signatures per capita, Bulgaria ranked 6th among all 27 EU Member States.
A cooperation agreement was signed between:
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Forestry
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Doctors Against Animal Experiments (Germany)
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International Network for Humane Education (InterNICHE)
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KAZHI
🤝 As a result, 500 animals per year are spared from experiments for educational purposes.
Following a report and investigation by CAAI, two Bulgarian nationals were identified as creators of an international network producing pornographic videos involving violence against animals.
The Supreme Administrative Court issued a final ruling upholding the 2022 ban on the breeding and import of American mink.
Earlier that year, the last mink fur farm in Bulgaria closed down.
This saves the lives of up to 128,000 mink every year.
Bulgaria has taken a historic step toward strengthening animal protection with the entry into force of amendments to the Criminal Code. The changes introduce higher fines and prison sentences of up to 12 years for extreme cruelty toward animals.
The most commonly farmed species of animal for its fur has now been added to the EU List of Invasive Alien Species. This will make it impossible to establish new mink farms and will further reduce the scale of this industry. We have achieved this success thanks to our membership and joint work with Eurogroup for Animals and Fur Free Alliance.
CAAI participated in uncovering an organized network producing pornographic videos involving violence against animals in Brazil.
We are happy that we won an award from the Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation – for the ban on the import and breeding of American mink in Bulgaria.
Following a report and investigation by CAAI, two more Bulgarian nationals were identified as creators of videos involving the torture and killing of animals.
