.. for the mass murder of animals, basically worldwide, has become fashionable, and implies to uneducated readers that you’re actually doing the poor creatures a favour. That may be so, in VERY few cases, like Mark said with Turkey, “Dogs that are in pain, terminally ill or pose a heath risk would be euthanised“, but it is certainly not applicable to the young, and/or healthy. Done away with because they are considered surplus, unwanted etc.
Next thing we’ll hear is that animals are no longer slaughtered, but “euthanised”. Let’s be clear here: if you kill a human, even with the best intention in the world (terminally ill, extreme suffering, etc.) and call it “Euthanasia” – you are a murderer. End of.
Language is so important. Racism/Speciesim/the subjugation of women – it all started with the language. And when it comes to animals, the abuse (of language) clearly knows no bounds. But we’ll cover that in a separate post. Soon.
Critics are saying that the new legislation could lead to mass killings of the animals.
The main Opposition Party had sought to overturn legislation enacted last year, arguing the it violated animal rights and the right to life.
However, the Constitutional Court have ruled the legislation is legally valid and thus it can continue to be implemented.
Turkey has stated that it will put stray dogs up for adoption.
Dozens of activists gathered near the Constitutional Court to press the court to repeal the law. They held up posters which read ‘cancel the blood ridden law’; as well as shouting anti government slogans.
It is estimated by the government that around 4 MILLION STRAY dogs roam Turkish cities and the countryside.
Whilst many of the dogs are harmless, the government moved to tighten legislation on stray animals, following incidents of dog attacks, including some cases involving children.
The law requires municipalities to round up stray dogs and relocate them to shelters where they would be vaccinated, neutered and spayed before making them available for adoption.
Dogs that are in pain, terminally ill or pose a heath risk would be euthanised,
Animal lovers, strongly oppose the ruling, dubbing it the ‘massacre law’, as they fear it will lead to widespread culling or with dogs ending up in disease ridden, overcrowded shelters’.
They have also raised concerns about how financially strapped municipalities will secure the additional funding required to construct the additional shelters.
It is feared that rather than allocating resources to care for the stray dogs; some municipalities will resort to immediate euthanisation on the pretext of ‘illness’. This is something that we at WAV would fully agree with; where does the shelter funding suddenly appear from to provide ‘care’ to an additional 4 MILLION dogs ?
We at WAV fully agree with the activist campaigners that very many healthy dogs will end up being immediately destroyed rather than municipalities providing for their wellbeing. We at WAV do have a little experience on the issue of stray dogs and cats; in 2005 we established SAV in Serbia, the Balkans, to fight the government regarding their abuses of stray / street dogs and cats – have a look –
The latest court actions can only put additional pressure on authorities to enforce these hazy, misguided laws.
The Ankara Bar Association, an organisation for lawyers, claims that since its implementation, ‘hundreds of animals have died due to this law, which does not serve the public interest’.
Last year the very respected HSI criticised Turkeys approach to stray dog management.
At a court trial in Northern England, which we have been following, like many other international environmentalists; two men have now now been found guilty of the felling of an iconic tree located along ‘Hadrians Wall’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian’s_Wall – the northern most frontier of the ancient Roman Empire.
The two environmental thugs, Daniel Graham – 39 years of age, and Adam Carruthers aged 32 years, both from Cumbria in Northern England; have been convicted in a trial at Newcastle Crown Court on two counts of criminal damage – and the two have been remanded in custody ‘for their own protection’ until they are sentenced on 15th July 2025.
The pair even filmed themselves on a mobile phone destroying this beautiful, iconic landmark – so the evidence was pretty clear for the jury, who reached a unanimous verdict after a short deliberation.
Mrs. Justice Lambert leading the trial informed the pair to be prepared for ‘lengthy’ custodial sentences.
The iconic tree, which had survived the harshness of life on the wall; and yes it can be very bleak there; for over 150 years, was destroyed by the pair within a matter of seconds.
Despite this mindless destruction, the base of the tree still exist and is being monitored and nurtured by specialists. The legacy is to grow 49 new trees from the remaining section of the tree.
This will be the positive shared with a global audience who were devastated by events.
World Animals Voice 