Sheep breeders call for the vaccination of animals against sheep pox and are prepared to stage protests

The National Sheep and Goat Breeding Association is ready to stage protests and has given Agriculture Minister Georgi Tahov a deadline until October 6 to announce a decision for the immediate vaccination against small ruminant plague (sheep and goat pox), the association’s chairman Simeon Karakolev wrote on Facebook.

According to Simeon Karakolev, such a decision has been made by the association’s management board. ''If the Ministry of Agriculture and Food does not adopt a decision for vaccination, we will welcome European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Christophe Hansen with blocked roads and protests", Simeon Karakolev further wrote.