Stray Cats And Dogs In Turkey

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Stray cats and dogs in turkey. Committing to them is an expensive process if it involves quarantine though people be warned. They are so beautiful. 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.

14862-20816 stray dogs and 10191 95 CI. People feed them and they come and go. One of the reasons for the high prevalence may be due to ingesting oocyst disseminated by stray cats feces.

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. In Istanbul alone a megacity of 15 million people there are thought to be 130000 dogs and 125000 cats roaming free. Turkey has an incredible amount of stray cats and dogs.

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. On one hand I love how people and animals here live together on what often feels like equal terms. How Turkey started to take care of street cats and dogs.

Demetrios Ioannou Aug122019 1208PM EST. They also help others adopt stray cats and dogs. Stray dogs and cats in Turkey.

When our daughter flew the roost it never occurred to me to fill the empty nest with a dog. Wandering around the streets of Istanbul Turkey one cant help but notice the plethora of friendly stray cats found everywhere from mosques to shops. 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.