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Following reports of rabies cases in Urfa and subsequent allegations, a mass branding and collection of stray dogs was initiated. Yasemin Al, the Urfa Representative of the Association for the Protection of Animals from Helplessness and Indifference, and local animal protection officer, shared details of the process with bianet.

"It is no coincidence that street animals are being used as a distraction. Have we solved the problems of hunger and poverty that we are now discussing animals?" says DEM Spokesperson Perihan Koca.

The dog taken care of by the neighborhood residents is in critical condition as neighborhood guards’ authority to use weapons once again comes under question.

Animal rights activists will hold demonstrations in different cities today and over the weekend, calling for the arrest of the perpetrator and for the rights of all animals whose rights have been violated.

The cooperation encompasses the sterilization and rehabilitation of stray dogs.

Close to 60 civil society organizations gathered in Kadıköy, İstanbul yesterday to advocate for the rights of animals living on the streets and in shelters.

A bar official has said volunteers' efforts for animals are not sufficient, urging the authorities to take action.

A man was caught on camera squeezing a dog's throat in late November in İstanbul.

The board ruled for the release of the two suspects in the first hearing of the case, for both of whom 6 years of imprisonment was requested.

The dog starved for days. An animal rights defender had applied for a forced entry into the apartment but got rejected.

Over the past two weeks, about 30 dogs were reportedly killed in Antalya. A lawyer for the "Havrita" website said they had decided to suspend the site after "slanders."

A neighborhood head found 18 dogs after being notified of the incident.