Stray Cats And Dogs In Turkey

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.

Stray cats and dogs in turkey. On one hand I love how people and animals here live together on what often feels like equal terms. It was estimated that there were 17839 95 CI. They are so beautiful.

In Istanbul alone a megacity of 15 million people there are thought to be 130000 dogs and 125000 cats roaming free. 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. When our daughter flew the roost it never occurred to me to fill the empty nest with a dog.

I thought nothing of them. 14862-20816 stray dogs and 10191 95 CI. The remainder is wild.

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. Seeing cats and dogs live on the streets. Stray dogs and cats are a real problem in Turkey but slowly we are finding solutions.

Genetic Analysis of Toxocara Spp. 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. One of the reasons for the high prevalence may be due to ingesting oocyst disseminated by stray cats feces.

There is a rich vein of lore explaining why this ancient metropolis is so stray-friendly and this documentary. Cats make me sneeze. Turkey has so so many cats.