International center for wildlife disease control in Bulgaria will be built

International Centre for wildlife disease control will be built in Bulgaria. Today an agreement was signed for the establishment of this center at a ceremony in the town of Pravets. Signatures under the document put the Minister of Agriculture and Food  Miroslav Naydenov and President of the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) Bernard Lozé. The event was attended by Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Bernard Vallat.

Bulgaria is the best place for building an international center for control over wildlife diseases, because Bulgaria is known for its good attitude towards game, International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) President Bernard Lozé said after signing an agreement about the center construction.

President of the OIE Regional Representation for Eastern Europe Prof. Nikola Belev said that our country is selected among 50-60 countries, candidates for the project and was chosen because of its large contribution to animal health worldwide. 178 countries are OIE members, he reminded.

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