Stray Cats And Dogs In Turkey

Committing to them is an expensive process if it involves quarantine though people be warned.

Stray cats and dogs in turkey. I first saw a couple stray cats while walking to the Nish Palas my first hotel while in Istanbul. Turkey has so so many cats. Lots of the cats in Turkey have long fine hair.

On one hand I love how people and animals here live together on what often feels like equal terms. The remainder is wild. 1Department of Parasitology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Van Yuzuncu Yil University 65040 Van Turkey.

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. 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. People feed them and they come and go.

Oguz B1 Ozdal N1 Serdar Deger M1. Turkeys three largest cities Izmir Ankara and Istanbul have over 500000 stray dogs together. In Turkey most of the citizens are closely associated with stray cats and they love to pet and feed them on the streets.

Turkey has an incredible amount of stray cats and dogs. Seeing cats and dogs live on the streets. 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.

I thought nothing of them. Istanbul is literally strewn with cats. 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.