Legislation
According to Bulgarian legislation, bats are protected species (included in Annex 3 of the Biodiversity Act). This means that killing, injuring, disturbing, catching or stuffing bats is prohibited.
More information about the laws that mention bats:
Protected species: All bat species in Bulgaria
Date: since 09.12.1999
Protected species: All bat species in Bulgaria
Date: since 18.07.2017
Protectes species: All bat species, excluding Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Date: since 01.05.1991
Protected species: all European bat species
Date: valid in Bulgaria since 01.11.1999
Link: http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/5_1999_convention_migratory_species_int.pdf
Protected species: Includes 12 bat species: Rhinolophus blasii, Rh. euryale, Rh. ferrumequinum, Rh. hipposideros, Rh. mehelyi, Barbastella barbastellus, Miniopterus schreibersii, Myotis bechsteinii, M. blythii, M. capaccinii, M. dasycneme, M. emarginatus and M. myotis
Date: since 21.05.1992
Link: shorturl.at/nHV28
Protected areas: About 40% of the caves, known as refuges of large bat colonies in Bulgaria, are included in protected areas
Date: since 11.11.1998
Protected species: All bat species found in Bulgaria, excluding Myotis aurascens, Myotis alcathoe, Myotis daubentonii, Myotis dasycneme, Pipistrellus pygmaeus and Pipistrellus kuhlii
Year: since 2007