ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish parliamentary commission began a tense debate Wednesday on a bill to manage the country's large stray dog population that animal advocates fear could result in the ...

A renewed push is underway to enact a law to remove stray dogs in Turkey. The news comes after a 2-year-old girl was killed by stray dogs in the area. In 2024, the "massacre law" was passed requiring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Animal rights advocates held a demonstration in Istanbul's Yenikapi Square against the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister on Sunday pledged to fully apply a law to remove millions of stray dogs from the streets in the wake of the death of a 2-year-old girl. The legislation — ...

Animal rights groups criticised a Turkish government plan to kill stray dogs, saying mass sterilisation would be a more humane solution to rising numbers of dogs on the streets. Mert Akkok (R) feeds ...

Despite criticism by the opposition and animal rights groups, Turkish MPs have backed a law that permits the use of euthanasia to curb the growing number of stray dogs Animal rights activists hold dog ...

ISTANBUL — Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Istanbul on Sunday to protest recent legislation that critics say is leading to the killing of stray dogs across Turkey. Last month, legislators ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s top court on Wednesday rejected a request to annul a contentious law designed to remove millions of stray dogs from the streets, which critics said could lead to mass ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Legislators approved Tuesday a new law aimed at removing millions of stray dogs from Turkey's streets that animal lovers fear will lead to many of the dogs being killed or ending up ...

Turkish opposition parties vowed Tuesday to fight a law authorising the capture -- and in some cases killing -- of the country’s estimated four million stray dogs. The emotive law -- which animal ...

A dog with a placard reading "Withdraw the law" at a protest in Istanbul Turkey's 4 million stray dogs are reviled by some, adored by others The government plans for removing stray dogs from the ...