Stray Cats And Dogs In Turkey

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Stray cats and dogs in turkey. On a hot summer day walking the steep stone-paved street from the port of Karaköy towards the main avenue on the European side of Istanbul is not an easy task even for. 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. Oguz B1 Ozdal N1 Serdar Deger M1.

How Turkey started to take care of street cats and dogs. Genetic Analysis of Toxocara Spp. 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.

However because of the rising death toll in Turkey due to COVID-19 the countrys government had to impose certain measures to ensure the safety of its people. 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. Cats make me sneeze.

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. Turkey has so so many cats. We have a few strays in our neighborhood at home.

The results highlight the need for a science-based policy. As in many other countries in Turkey sick and harmful cats and dogs were killed in order to stop the spread of. 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.

Seeing cats and dogs live on the streets. 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. 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.