Stray Cats And Dogs In Turkey
All of these niceties reflect the warmth and kind nature of people in istanbul.needless to say, stray cats and dogs also face difficulties by living in the streets.
Stray cats and dogs in turkey. The cats are simply a part of istanbul. Kareem shaheen turkey is a polarised nation, one split along fault lines of national identity, religion. Turkey has a big stray dog population.
No one knows how many street cats and dogs there are in turkey. Tuana ekin şahin playing the violin to raise money for stray cats in istanbul. There is even a documentary on the stray cats of istanbul.
Currently there is no definite figure for the number of stray (feral) dogs in turkey, although estimated population sizes of owned and stray dogs in ankara have recently been reported as 25,000. Rabies is endemic in turkish dogs and every year there are a small number of people who die from the bites of rabid Sadly, the lifespan of stray cats is not very long.
They suffer from disease, hunger, and dehydration. Although things look much better for dogs and cats in turkey than where i am from in indonesia, there are so, so many areas to be improved. Dogs aren't so popular as pets as they are in the western world the ones with ear tags have been taken off of the streets by an animal welfare organisation, neutered and inoculated, and are regularly checked according to their tag colour and number.
In istanbul alone there were approximately 130,000 stray dogs and 125,000 cats without an owner in 2017, according to official data by the provincial veterinarian services. This free range sanctuary is a 5 acres sight located on the beautiful river bank in dalyan Cati , according to existing keys ( 12 , 15 ).
Turkey does have a population of sick or injured stray and feral cats as well as homeless dogs, and at least one rescue group is addressing the problem. But the ones i met seemed to be getting. As such, instead of barking and causing disturbance to the public, the stray dogs actually behave themselves and act like total good boys.