ingilizce links to original English story
(New York Times, 2 October 2019)
//Ed. Note: Although there are still horror stories each
day about animal mistreatment in Turkey, herewith some
hopeful news. To read the complete NYT article click on
'ingilizce' above.//
Dog-day afternoon naps in Kadıköy, across from Haydarpaşa.
ISTANBUL — Pinar Satioglu, 48, a dentist from the Anatolian part
of Istanbul, leaves her clinic duties behind every Friday, as she has
done for the past 20 years. Instead of treating dental patients, she
spends her day at the Kadikoy Municipality’s Center for Street Dog
Rehabilitation, feeding, walking and giving care to about 400
rescued dogs.
80,000 stray dogs were banished to Hayırsız
Island off Istanbul in 1910 and left to their fate.
In Istanbul alone, a megacity of 15 million people,
there are thought to be 130,000 dogs and 125,000 cats roaming
free. These animals in all of Turkey’s urban centers now get services
from local governments: shelter, regular feeding, sterilization and
medical checks by trained veterinarians.
The appropriately named Hayırsız ('no good') Island
(circled).
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