Dog spinning (Bulgarian: тричане на куче(та), trichane na kuche(ta)) is a ritual that was traditionally practiced on the first day of Lent in the village of Brodilovo in southeastern Bulgaria.
[1] The Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported protests at the Bulgarian Embassy in Stockholm about the cruelty of this tradition.
It includes a statement from Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas, vice-president of the RSPCA and the European Parliament's cross-party Animal Welfare Intergroup.
Dr Lucas criticised it as being cruel to dogs, saying "Dog-spinning is a barbaric practice and must not be allowed to continue into the 21st century."
[citation needed] The practice of the ritual was banned by the mayor of Tsarevo in 2006[2][4] after complaints by Bulgarian animal welfare organizations.