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In the lawsuit filed by Vegan Association of Turkey for the suspension and annulment of the “tender for hunting” red deers in Bolu, an administrative court has canceled the tender announced by the permission of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

The 6th Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has announced that it will initiate a tender for killing 45 wild goats. Several social media users have protested the decision, urging the authorities to cancel the tender.

A court has ruled that the public benefit of the revenue that would come from the tender would not compensate for the loss of the animals.

Main opposition CHP Dersim MP Polat Şaroğlu has announced that the temporary permission given to US businessperson Garrett van Hoose for hunting a mountain goat in Dersim province has been revoked.

Launching a petition on change.org, 227 civil society organizations call on the authorities to completely ban hunting in Turkey, amend the Law on Land Hunting as the Law on Nature Protection and establish specialized courts of nature.

In lawsuits filed by life defenders, the local courts have halted tendering processes for killing 26 mountain goats in Erzincan and nine gazelles in Urfa.

Having lodged a tender for killing 17 mountain goats in Dersim province, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has cancelled the tender amid mounting reactions.

A hunting committee affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has permitted the hunting of pochards and turtle doves.