Stray Cats And Dogs In Turkey
As an animal lover one of my favorite aspects of life in Turkey can also be one of the most challenging.
Stray cats and dogs in turkey. When our daughter flew the roost it never occurred to me to fill the empty nest with a dog. The Association to Protect Stray Animals known as SHKD in Turkey and the World Health Organization estimate there are about 100000 dogs living on the streets of metro Istanbul. 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.
8439-11942 stray cats in Ankara Turkey. Istanbul is home to thousands of stray cats who exist seamlessly if not always safely within the city. Stray dogs and cats are a real problem in Turkey but slowly we are finding solutions.
Turkey has an incredible amount of stray cats and dogs. But Turkey was not always a paradise for stray animalsDuring the 90s and 2000s Istanbul and other Turkish cities had to deal with aggressive and sick cats and dogs that infected people with various diseases such as rabies. Seeing cats and dogs live on the streets.
I thought nothing of them. 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 is a rich vein of lore explaining why this ancient metropolis is so stray-friendly and this documentary.
They are so beautiful. How Turkey started to take care of street cats and dogs. Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati are roundworms of dogs and cats.
People feed them and they come and go. Wandering around the streets of Istanbul Turkey one cant help but notice the plethora of friendly stray cats found everywhere from mosques to shops. The results highlight the need for a science-based policy.