Turks protest controversial law to remove stray dogs

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Turks protest controversial law to remove stray dogs

Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Istanbul to protest against recent legislation that critics say is leading to the ******** of stray dogs across Turkey.

Legislators in August approved the new law aimed at removing millions of stray dogs from Turkish streets, citing safety concerns.

Animal lovers ***** it will lead to widespread culling or dogs ending up in ********-ridden and overcrowded shelters.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the law was necessary to deal with the country’s “stray dog problem”.

Sunday’s protesters called for the law to be repealed, brandishing posters reading “shelters are ****** camps”, and “withdraw the ******* law”.

“We want this law to be withdrawn immediately,” protester Hasan Kizilyatak, 64, told the Associated Press.

“They (stray dogs) are living beings, just like us. We are here because we are against them being annihilated.”

Ayten Arslan, 55, who said she supported Erdogan, said: “I say as an AK Party supporter, this law, is a ******* law.”

The main opposition *********** People’s Party moved to repeal the law in the Constitutional Court less than two weeks after it passed.

The government estimates about four million stray dogs roam Turkey’s streets and rural areas.

Although most are harmless, several people, including children, have been attacked.

A report released by the Safe Streets and Defence of the Right to Life Association, an organisation campaigning for the removal of all stray dogs from the streets, says 65 people have ***** in street dog attacks since 2022.

The new legislation requires municipalities to collect stray dogs and house them in shelters to be vaccinated, neutered and spayed before making them available for adoption.

Dogs that are in pain, terminally ill or pose a health risk to humans will be euthanised.

The initial draft bill included cats, but that article was changed after a public outcry.

However, many question where cash-strapped municipalities would find the money to build the necessary extra shelters required.

Animal rights activists worry some municipalities might ***** dogs on the pretext they are ill rather than allocate resources to shelter them.

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