Motion movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme has come to the rescue of a three-month-old chihuahua, saving her from euthanasia on Monday after a authorized tussle between Norway and Bulgaria.
The canine named Raya was bought to new house owners in Norway in September however officers there wouldn’t register her as a result of she had traveled on a faux Bulgarian passport.
Norway tried to repatriate the animal however Bulgaria refused to take her again due to European Union guidelines about transport of stay animals, leaving the canine going through euthanasia — till the Belgian movie legend acquired concerned.
Van Damme launched an emotive marketing campaign on social media, posting selfies of him hugging his chihuahua, which finally persuaded the Bulgarian Meals Security Authority to just accept the canine again. “I urge, please, for my birthday, the Meals Security Authority, change your choice,” Van Damme wrote over the weekend, launching a petition to avoid wasting the canine.
“They made a mistake, the individuals who didn’t do the paper appropriately… However they can’t kill that little chihuahua.” The meals security authority says Raya could have medical checks when she will get again to Bulgaria and might be put up for adoption.
Yavor Gechev from the 4 Paws animal rights group informed AFP on Monday that Bulgaria ought to be congratulated for displaying flexibility however known as for stricter management on unlawful breeders and animal traffickers. “The export of pets from jap to western and northern Europe is a profitable enterprise,” he mentioned.
The canine’s faux passport meant she would have been put down on October 20 underneath Norway’s laws, mentioned Gechev. The misadventures of Raya resemble the story of Penka the cow, who additionally confronted a demise sentence after wandering over Bulgaria’s border with Serbia in Might 2018. Penka was saved due to a global marketing campaign in her protection joined by former Beatle Paul McCartney.
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