Hooray! Bloodthirsty box-ticking EU officials have relented on their threat to have Penka the pregnant cow executed. Readers will remember Penka lived on a farm in Kopilovtsi, Bulgaria, where she strayed from her herd and wandered over the Serbian border last month, thereby entering a non-EU state and facing slaughter when she arrived back inside the EU’s borders. Following mass protests and a petition signed by more than 30,000 people (pat on the back for the Telegraph’s James Rothwell), the Bulgarian Food Standards Agency has said in a statement this morning that Penka will “be returned for cultivation in the site in the village of Mazarachevo”.

 Victory!

H/T @jamescrisp6

More than 12,000 signatures have been amassed in an online petition to save a pregnant Bulgarian cow from death at the hands of the bloodthirsty European Union. Penka, who lives on a farm in Kopilovtsi, Bulgaria, strayed from her herd and wandered over the Serbian border last month – thereby entering a non-EU state. According to strict EU rules, she must now be slaughtered…

Vets have vouched for Penka’s good health since she arrived back in Bulgaria. But whenever animals enter the EU they must be accompanied by a volume of certificates and documentation. Box-ticking officials have sentenced pregnant Penka to death…

A petition to save her is gaining huge momentum. Sign it here…