Stray Cats And Dogs In Turkey

The results highlight the need for a science-based policy.

Stray cats and dogs in turkey. In Turkeys largest city Istanbul which has the most confirmed Covid-19 cases there are some 162970 stray cats and 128900 dogs according to the citys 2018 figures. There are approximately 150000 stray dogs in Istanbul and approximately 30000 dogs living in shelters. October 30 2017.

Stray dogs and cats are a real problem in Turkey but slowly we are finding solutions. ISTANBUL Im no animal lover. In Istanbul Turkeys largest city half a million dogs and cats roam the streets.

And as a result there are many private citizens who do their part to feed and care for the stray dogs and cats of their areas. Food and water will be left at the living environments of street animals such as parks and gardens and particularly animal. When our daughter flew the roost it never occurred to me to fill the empty nest with a dog.

8439-11942 stray cats in Ankara Turkey. I thought nothing of them. In Stray Cats and Dogs in Van Province Eastern Turkey.

I love seeing a. On one hand I love how people and animals here live together on what often feels like equal terms. A tram stopping to wait for a stray cat to finish drinking water from the ground a shopping mall letting dogs sleep inside wrapped in blankets during a snowstorm an imam petting cats in a mosque and my favourite a cat at the top of an escalator refusing to move despite being in the way.

About a third are supervised that is looked after to some extent by a de facto owner or a group of neighborhood residents. I saw tons of stray dogs and cats on my recent trip to the Caribbean and this article inspired me to write up a post. Turkeys Interior Ministry recently issued a letter urging local administrations to protect and feed the countrys hundreds of thousands of stray dogs and cats as residents stay at home to contain the spread of coronavirus.