TNT Animal Kingdom Edition: Loyalty & Exile

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(Milliyet Newspaper, 29 December 2019)


     "C'mon Mom, you can pull through!" (and she did!)

In Manavgat district of Antalya province, a stray dog, the mother of
six puppies, was shot with a hunting rifle.  City officials found the
dog lying on the ground with her puppies around her.  The mother was
taken to a shelter for an operation and 7 pellets were removed from
the dog's rib area.

As the mother was being operated on her puppies remained by her
side the whole time.  Veterinarian Osman Coşar said that the dog is
being treated with antibiotics and is recovering nicely.  He added that
since the puppies are so young they couldn't bear to leave their
mother's side.

//Ed. note: the pups' dad was away on a business trip, no 
doubt.//


                      Manavgat is east of Antalya city. 

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türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 18 December 2019)


                         Geese exiled to ancient Greece.             .

Seven geese in the garden of the Antalya Museum created a crisis
among visitors, Culture & Tourism bureaucrats and museum officials.
One of the geese chased and bit a child of a tourist.  The incident
was settled amicably but, nevertheless, the family filed a complaint
with the Ministry of Culture & Tourism.

Ultimately, the geese were exiled to Perge Antique City, 20
kilometers away, and penned in a special area away from tourists.
A museum official explained to Hürriyet that "we put the geese in
the museum garden as an attraction and used them sort of like
guard dogs, as well.  But a child visiting the museum taunted them
and one of the geese bit the child. The incident was reported to the
Ministry in Ankara so we had to send them away to Perge.  We're
now calling them the 'Perge exiled geese'. "

Ministry official Ali Rıza Altunel summed up the situation as
follows: "our geese are very happy in Perge and all the tourists
who visit there can see them."