Article 325a
(New, SG No. 27/2009, amended, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011)
(1) Anyone who organises or participates in holding animal fights or who keeps, trains or
provides animals for fights shall be punishable by imprisonment of up to five years and a fine
from BGN 1,000 to 10,000.
(2) The punishment shall be deprivation of liberty from one to five years and a fine from
BGN 5,000 to 50,000 when:
1. the act was committed repeatedly;
2. the act was committed by a veterinary doctor or a technician, by an official or a person
performing an activity or profession related to breeding animals or caring for them;
3. the fights are attended by a minor;
4. the fights are filmed for the purpose of broadcasting.
(3) The punishment under Paragraph 2 is also applicable to anyone who organises or
participates in betting during animal fights.
(4) The culpable persons shall not be punished if they voluntarily report the crime
committed under Paragraphs 1 or 3 to the competent authority.
Article 325b
(New, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) (1) Anyone who, acting in cruelty against a
vertebrate, illegally causes the death of the animal or a severe or lasting harm shall be punishable
by imprisonment of up to three years and a fine from BGN 1,000 to 5,000.
(2) The punishment shall be imprisonment from one to three years and a fine from BGN
2,000 to 5,000 when the act under Paragraph 1 has been committed:
1. by a person who carries on a business activity or exercises a profession
related to raising or taking care of animals;
2. in a manner or by means which pose danger to the life of people or animals, by
inflicting severe agony upon the animal, or committed with cruelty;
3. in a public place or in the presence of a minor;
4. repeatedly.
Article 325c
(New, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) (1) Anyone who fails to take sufficient care
for a vertebrate placed under his/her supervision and this results in the animal causing medium or
severe bodily injury to a person shall be punishable by imprisonment of up to three years or
probation and a fine of up to 5,000.
(2) In cases under Paragraph 1 which have resulted in death, the punishment shall be
imprisonment of up to five years or probation and a fine of up to 10,000.
Article 326
(Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 41/1985, SG No. 92/2002, effective 1.01.2005 with
respect to the punishment of probation - amended, SG No. 26/2004, effective 1.01.2004, SG No.
103/2004, effective 1.01.2005)
(1) (Previous text of Article 326, SG No. 26/2010) A person who transmits over the radio,
by telephone or in some other way false calls or misleading signals for help, accident or alarm,
shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two.