Topic: HELPING THE STRAYS OF TURKEY, PLEASE, ACT ,PROTEST IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY!! 

Dear Friends,
We have a bairam holiday approaching.It is a 9 day, long holiday.It is a long holiday to rest a little but on the other hand it is also too long for our animals in the shelters
Our municipality is trying to help us by sending us pasta for to be cooked for them but this time they told us that they won't be able to support Our cats and dogs need dry food and milk for the babies.Some friends are trying to help us(god bless them all) but this time the holiday is too long that we are in a panic about the food
Below you can see some links to buy and send them food.
As an adress you can write,
Örnekköy Celal Üner Barınma EVi (Zübeyde Hanım Huzur evi Karşısı /Örnekköy/Karşıyaka/İZMİR
GOODY LAMB RICE KÖPEK MAMASI 15 KG (Dry food for the dogs)
http://www.arkadaspet.net/detay.asp?id=1741&CatID=123
CHALLENGE KÖPEK MAMASI 25 KG (Dry food for the dogs)
http://www.arkadaspet.net/detay.asp?id=2601
FOXY FULL FLAVOUR KURU MAMA 15Kg (Dry food for the dogs)
http://www.arkadaspet.net/detay.asp?id=2858&CatID=138
GOODY ( CHAMPION ) ETLI KEDI MAMASI 15KG (Dry food for the cats)
http://www.arkadaspet.net/detay.asp?id=2523&CatID=138
GOURMET ROYALE Tavuk & Av Etli Konserve 415 Gr (can food)
http://www.arkadaspet.net/detay.asp?id=1836&CatID=135
MİGROS SÜT 1 LT.(milk)
http://www.kangurum.com.tr/kangurum3-web/showProductDetail.do?psi=1009724&shopCategoryId=9986

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Like almost everywhere else in Turkey, the legally required “neuter – vaccinate - return” system for the control of stray animals does not apply in Izmir. Instead, what they implement is “don’t neuter – don’t vaccinate – go dump in the nearest forest” (there are local variations to this illegal system, for instance, in the absence of forests in Ankara, the most preferred dumping location is stone quarries located miles away from the city center). The law is not worth the paper it is written on. Audrey and his brother too are victims of this lawlessness.

What options await these dumped dogs?

1.die a slow death due to hunger and starvation in the forest. A sort of natural selection process.
2.most of the time, they get killed by official dog poisoning sprees local councils regularly conduct in the forests
3.those that are lucky get regularly fed by volunteers who have dedicated their lives to keeping these dogs alive
4.those even luckier get rescued from the forests.

Audrey and his brother belong to this last group. They were rescued from the forest by a member of Let’s Adopt. Audrey’s brother has already found a new home. And now Audrey is very very urgently looking for a new home. And why is this particularly urgent? Because another Audrey is on the line. Once this Audrey is re-homed, a truly desperate dog will move into Audrey’s foster home, and continue its struggle for life there.

Please write to us RIGHT NOW to adopt Audrey. By adopting Audrey, you will have saved not one but two lives.


http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=12005&l=893ad&id=1314867706

v.larkhill@googlemail.com

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Breaking Investigation Reveals Holiday Horrors for Turkeys The dark side of the turkey industry Other Viewing Options Watch more videos at PETA.orgMore than 72 million of the nearly 270 million turkeys killed for food every year in the U.S. are slaughtered for holiday meals. This year, just prior to the flesh-focused Thanksgiving holiday, PETA conducted an undercover investigation lasting more than two months at the factory farms of Aviagen Turkeys, Inc., the self-proclaimed "world's leading poultry breeding company." While working at a series of Aviagen factory farms in West Virginia, PETA's investigator documented that workers tortured, mutilated, and maliciously killed turkeys. The following are just a few of the documented offenses: Employees stomped on turkeys' heads, punched turkeys, hit them on the head with a can of spray paint and pliers, and struck turkeys' heads against metal scaffolding. Men shoved feces and feed into turkeys' mouths and held turkeys' heads under water. Another bragged about jamming a broom stick 2 feet down a turkey's throat. A supervisor said he saw workers kill 450 turkeys with 2-by-4s. One man said he saw a coworker fatally inject turkey semen and sulfuric acid into turkeys' heads. To learn more, please read the investigator's log notes, view our photo gallery, and visit our blog. PETA's investigator repeatedly brought abuses to a supervisor's attention. The supervisor responded, "Every once in a while, everybody gets agitated and has to kill a bird." PETA also brought the abuse to the attention of Aviagen, and although the company made assurances and instituted some new rules, the cruelty did not stop. The suffering typically found on factory farms was also routine in Aviagen's sheds: Hens' beaks were cut with pliers, massive birds collapsed and died of exhaustion or heart attacks, and turkeys were thrown into transport cages. Please write to Aviagen Turkeys, Inc., and demand that it implement PETA's seven-point animal welfare plan. Also demand that the company pledge to immediately terminate employees caught abusing or neglecting animals in the future (the company claims to have terminated some such workers), and ask the company to cooperate with state and local law enforcement to criminally prosecute all such employees.

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http://i36.tinypic.com/2r723vd.jpg Oksuz (translated orphan) is a little girl in the shelter that needs a home - she is young, please do not let her spend the rest of her life in a shelter - she needs a loving home, YOUR loving home - for information on Oksuz contact Elif at: http://www.facebook.com/wall.php?id=588189353&banter_id=642606801&show_all#/profile.php?id=722668322

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If anyone is interested in adopting this sweet girl , please contact me .

Thank you 

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http://letsadopt.wordpress.com/

There are some happy endings .even in Turkey : ))

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AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, DEAR NESSAN!!!!!!!!!!

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THE ANIMALS SAVIOR I looked at all the caged animals in the shelter... the cast offs of human society. I saw in their eyes love & hope, fear and dread, sadness & betrayal. And I was angry. "God", I said, "this is terrible! "Why don't you do something?" God was silent for a moment & then He spoke softly. "I have done something," He replied. "I CREATED YOU" © Jim Willis http://i35.tinypic.com/qyzlm0.jpg Oksuz ( Orphan ) was in İzmit when she was found , she was then transported to İstanbul and and now she is in Üsküdar Shelter. Üsküdar Shelter is one of the municipally owned shelters in İstanbul.. She is safe now but she is not happy. She needs a home. Are you that special person who can take this girl into your home , If so please contact Elif : http://www.facebook.com/wall.php?id=588189353&banter_id=642606801&show_all#/profile.php?id=722668322 Even if you cannot give Oksuz a home please forwrd this message onto friends..maybe they will know of someone who can.

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This is Ziggy :  http://i35.tinypic.com/120m4aq.jpg

and friends : http://i34.tinypic.com/nlqtds.jpg

I might be large ..but I am a big softie : http://i34.tinypic.com/28wfk1j.jpg

Will you take me home ? http://i33.tinypic.com/13zrg43.jpg

http://www.didimfriendsofanimals.com/index.html

You Can See All The Shelter Dogs and Pups Here :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shelterdogs/ ( updated weekly )

All dogs are Neutered at this shelter ..they only stay there a limited time before they must be put on the streets ( this is the law ) , if you can help find them a home please do so. Thank you

If you can help contact me . ( Neesan )

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Ivanka, you make your own luck! This little female kitten is about 10 weeks old. Judging by her looks and behaviour she was a home cat until the owner decided to get rid of her (she loves crisps and milk). She was wandering in the middle of the night looking for cover until she found the open front door of an appartment building. She went up to the second floor, decided that her destiny was in that home and starting miaowing desperatedly asking for the door to be opened.. She was saved. The rescuer already has a number of cats AND dogs in the home (Ivanka chose well) so we need to find her a permanent family. She is as cute and funny as it gets. The pictures speak by themselves. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=12135&l=3ea66&id=1314867706 contact: v.larkhill@googlemail.com

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Not a single day goes in Turkey without news of animal cruelty.In this post, we would like to share with one such - ordinary - story with you from a coastal town near Istanbul. It is actually a classic:a group of dedicated animal lovers try to take care of the stray animals in their neighborhood to the best of their ability. Mind you they are all vaccinated, neutered and tagged. One day, a local authority decides that it is time to kill them. The weapon of choice for the murderous campaign is usually poison. They choose the perfect timing for the heinous act as well: early morning when everybody will be sleeping. History repeated itself in this coastal town that we are talking about just a few days ago. The dedicated animal lovers woke up to a scene of horror that day. All the dogs they had been taking care of were lying still right in front of their eyes.One of them said ” I am devastated, I feel as if they just murdered my child “. The syringes used to poison them were spread all around. The local authorities didn’t even bother to hide the evidence of what they had done. Why would they? Hellcome to Turkey. Killing dogs en masse is as common a municipal practice as garbage collection here. All the protest in the world, all the criminal charges filed against them, all the mountain of evidence piled up against them cannot stop the serial dog killer local authorities of this otherwise beautiful country. And here is what the politicians of Turkey proposed to do about all this: SHUT DOWN THIS WEB SITE!! Isnt’ that just surreal? Well dear politicİans, you may shut down this web site if you want. But that will just be a band-aid solution for you. This protest has been growing by the minute, and it is costing Turkey a lot. And it will continue to grow no matter what you do. Shut this web site down - WE WILL OPEN A NEW ONE WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES. In fact, this web site is the least of your problems. Let us give you a bit of a hint: all EU countries are preparing to a joint boycott of Turkey did you hear that? What will you do then dear politicans? Let’s make one thing crystal clear: we are here to stay one way or the other. And we hope that you are going to be with us in this ongoing battle against those criminal mayors. If you still haven’t signed our petition, please do so now from this link. Click here. Oh! Don’t forget to drop a line to that particular serial dog killer mayor we are talking about. Here is his email: arifdaglar@kartal.bel.tr Not to be a mere observer of all these; 1- Join the tourism boycott .Click here. 2- Send e-mails to the following adresses of Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism telling them you or your friends will never visit Turkey as long as such massacres continue. Mr. Ertugrul Gunay, Minister of Culture and Tourism : ertugrul.gunay@kultur.gov.tr disiliskiler@kulturturizm.gov.tr basin@kulturturizm.gov.tr info@kulturturizm.gov.tr Get Discover Turkey,Hell on earth for animals delivered by email -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) WE ARE SORRY RUMI! Turkish Stuttering Association: A Model Project to Bring Stuttering Self-he… Second chances.. locally and abroad. Near-tragedy Posted in Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, animal massacre, animal torture, arif daglar, istanbul, kartal, mass killing, stray dogs, turkey, turkey holiday, turkey tourism | Tagged turkey, istanbul, turkey holiday, animal massacre, poisoning, dog massacre, mass killing, stray dogs | 26 Comments 26 Responses to “A PROUD DOG KILLER” on July 14, 2008 at 2:52 am DAPHNE RICHARDS OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THESE BARBARIANS ARE STILL OUT OF PRISON ??!!!!!!!!!! IN USA WILL BE ROTTING IN FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOYCOTT NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on July 14, 2008 at 2:54 am anna piteni boycott yes!!! these criminals deserve jail time-no mey from tourists!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a living hell Turkey is jesus on July 15, 2008 at 8:55 am Ingo No money for murderers! No vacation in Turkish hotel arrangements! There is only one reason to go in Turkey: Help the Turkish animal welfarists in your fight against lawbreakers, to liars and corruption, help the animals! Turkey in the EU?? Please, never!!!!!!!!!!! on July 15, 2008 at 12:19 pm Ben After having seen these atrocities, I will never go to Turkey again. Those politicians are absolutely deplorable. on July 15, 2008 at 8:49 pm sabine nowack Tourismusboykott ja!Solange dort Menschenrechte und Tierschutzgesetze nicht eingehalten werden! Und in der EU hat die Türkei auch nichts verloren!!!!!!!!!!! Das denke nicht nur ich,es werden von Tag zu Tag mehr Menschen die das gleiche denken!!!!!! on July 17, 2008 at 3:06 pm you want my social security too? The only difference between Turkey with the US or any other “civilized” country is that the street dogs do not even exist in those countries to begin with. As you probably guessed, dogs in these countries just vaporize into thin air due to loneliness they suffer from not having an owner. It has nothing to do with the state exterminating them. Dogs are very cute and affable. But you explain that to a mother whose child died of rabies after being bitten by you guessed whom. I am not supporting the way the state handles exterminating animals, but the point is that they will be exterminated as in the case with other “civilized” countries. I think there are far more important causes in the world to attend to, you guys need a reality check. on July 24, 2008 at 1:08 pm nehir First of Sabine Nowack, -I do not know if I should havre wirrten it for you in German; in case you do not understand English-it is not up to you only to decide if TÜRKİYE will be accepted to the EU or not. You may of course, spread your opinion but if you want to boycott

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History repeated itself in this coastal town that we are talking about just a few days ago. The dedicated animal lovers woke up to a scene of horror that day. All the dogs they had been taking care of were lying still right in front of their eyes.One of them said ” I am devastated, I feel as if they just murdered my child

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The syringes used to poison them were spread all around. The local authorities didn’t even bother to hide the evidence of what they had done. Why would they? Hellcome to Turkey. Killing dogs en masse is as common a municipal practice as garbage collection here.

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 the protest in the world, all the criminal charges filed against them, all the mountain of evidence piled up against them cannot stop the serial dog killer local authorities of this otherwise beautiful country.

And here is what the politicians of Turkey proposed to do about all this: SHUT DOWN THIS WEB SITE!! Isnt’ that just surreal?

Well dear politicİans, you may shut down this web site if you want. But that will just be a band-aid solution for you. This protest has been growing by the minute, and it is costing Turkey a lot. And it will continue to grow no matter what you do. Shut this web site down - WE WILL OPEN A NEW ONE WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

In fact, this web site is the least of your problems. Let us give you a bit of a hint: all EU countries are preparing to a joint boycott of Turkey did you hear that? What will you do then dear politicans?

Let’s make one thing crystal clear: we are here to stay one way or the other. And we hope that you are going to be with us in this ongoing battle against those criminal mayors.

If you still haven’t signed our petition, please do so now from this link. Click here.

Oh! Don’t forget to drop a line to that particular serial dog killer mayor we are talking about.

Here is his email: arifdaglar@kartal.bel.tr

Not to be a mere observer of all these;

1-   Join the tourism boycott .Click here.

2-   Send e-mails to the following adresses of Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism telling them you or your friends will never visit Turkey as long as such massacres continue.

Mr. Ertugrul Gunay, Minister of Culture and Tourism : ertugrul.gunay@kultur.gov.tr

disiliskiler@kulturturizm.gov.tr

basin@kulturturizm.gov.tr

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WARNING YOU , MAY IT SCHOCK, BUT I CANT BE SILENT ANYMORE,

JONAH LEARNT ME A DIFFICULT LESON, WE CANNOT CLOSE OUR EYES,

I WILL SHOW YOU THE CRUEL REALITY, AS IT IS, I KNOW IT IS HARD TO SEE, BUT , WITHOUT SEEING, FACING THE REALITY, WE CAN EVEN IMAGINE.....WHAT IS GOING ON THERE

I LET YOU THE CHOICE TO LOOK THE PICS OR NOT, BUT I INSISTE, I ASK I BEGG, PLEASE, SEND CONTINOUSLY PROTEST MAILS TO THE FOLLOW ADRESSES, DONT STOP, THIS CANT HAPPEN ANYMORE, THIS HAS TO STOP,...IF WE ARE A GROUP WHICH FIGHTS FOR THE ANIMALS, WE HAVE TO ACT IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY, HERE IT IS...

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Well, well, well… The mayor of Kartal Mr. Arif Daglar, was proudly included in this blog earlier for his lead role in massacring dogs in his neighborhood. He must have loved what he had done! He just can not have enough…. The sequel to the Kartal massacre came just a few days ago. And what a sequel it was - the monster that you hoped had died at the end of the first movie came back in full force.

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CLOSE OUR EYES ANYMORE....WHY ARE WE SURPRISED ABOUT JONAHS DRAMA?........Natural born killers do that. They develop techniques of their own (poisoning in this case), they stick to them and perfect them as they escalate (which normally happens). This particular natural born killer, the mayor of Kartal, went through a similar course of development.

In an earlier massacre in the area, he was able to kill a good number of dogs. As he perfected his dog poisoning skills, he came back to massacre even more dogs. Again, while everybody was sleeping, the monster, the natural born dog killer, struck again. And we can assure that he will keep doing so - HELLCOME TO TURKEY - a true hell on earth for animals.

We are only a handful of individuals fighting a monster that is never dying. It will not die. It is a nightmare, not on Elm street, in the heart of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey. Even Freddie may die, but this particular monster, the Turkish mayor who is simply disgusted by dogs, will not die.

That is unless you help us.

The appetite of the monster for dog blood is insatiable. Sign it before it strikes again - give us a hand to kill the monster once and for all.

DO NOT WASTE ANOTHER SECOND. Sign the petition on this link. Click here.

Oh! Don’t forget to drop a line to that particular serial dog killer mayor we are talking about.

Here is his email: arifdaglar@kartal.bel.tr

*  Send e-mails to the following adresses of Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism telling them you or your friends will never visit Turkey as long as such massacres continue.

Mr. Ertugrul Gunay, Minister of Culture and Tourism : ertugrul.gunay@kultur.gov.tr

disiliskiler@kulturturizm.gov.tr

basin@kulturturizm.gov.tr

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Veronica, Thank you for being brave enough to post the pictures, These ones are quite mild !! But the world needs to see them.. no one of sane mind can imagine these horrors, and they are not occasional incidences either .. THIS IS EVERY DAY - ALL OVER TURKEY .

Please support us to stop this massacre of innocent dogs .

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Gladly signed. thankyou Veronica.

Such beautiful and peace loving creatures...

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What on earth is going wrong with this site???? I just posted in this thread, and my post from a previous thread appears...

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How very sad, just horrific what's going on there, petition gladly signed, thank you Veronica.

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I was trying to post that I have emailed all the above Veronica. The photos are shocking. Not enough people are aware of just what is going on in Turkey!!!!

So sad, not even the little hedgehog is spared...

I will continue to send mails... I doubt they will reply, but for the sake of these lost souls we have to continue to fight.

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always there are mistake, me2, how many.gosh!

thank you, my dear NESSAN,

honestly,i never could imagine such cruelties can happen in TURKEY,

may it be many friends dont like to see these pictures but i decided that we have to watch them,

before poor,dear JONAH, i couldnt imagine the horror is so, so very great, i made petitions against killings in ANTALYA, we made it and yes, i am proud about our dear members whom i thank, i knew there are bad things in TURKEY, too,

but never tjhought that some of people can be sarcastical, passive, i just look that woman and the others...,so natural, even smiling when putting those poor dogs in the car,

trust me, NESSAN, i am decided, i will not abandon this fight, and i wil show  ALL

BECAUSE ANIMALS, POOR, INNOCENT STRAYS SUFFERED TOO MUCH AND WE REALLY HAVE TO ACT IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY, EVERYONE HOW CAN, HOW IS ABLE TO,

BUT I KNOW MY FRIENDS HERE ON CARE 2, IN OUR, ALL THEY ARE GREAT FIGHTER FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS AND I KKNOW THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE,

IT IS MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT AND I HAVE TO TELL, I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT WHAT"S HAPPENING IN TURKEY, DISGUSTED, SICK OF ALL THOSE HORRORS, BUT THE BATTLE JUST BEGUN, I AM DETERMINATED, BEL;IEVE ME, DEAR NESSAN....

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I THANK YOU FROM ALL MY HEART FOR SENDING THE MAILS,

I AM SO SORRY AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME , BUT I AM SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT

I  H A D    T O    P O S T    T H E   P I C T U R ES,

even if maybe some members dont like to see so cruel pics, neither me i like, believe me,

but i want to sleep with peace in my soul that i made all possible for those poor dogs, JONAH, the great SYMBOL awake me, i knew, i knew, but the dimension of the atrocoties scaries me and the indifference, the sarcastical smiles...

no, definitely, no, who wants to sleep, their choice, but i will continue to post everything i find, the cruel reality has to be known all over the world,

in the name of thje poor killed animals,

i am ashamed to be human, i feel guilty facing this reality...spreading the word, protesting, they has to stop...l they has...

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my dear LEE for taking action ....as i thank dear ANNE again and dear NESSAN, the world must see,

enough with the sleeping, the reality is too cruel and even  if a bit late, but we have to

WAKE UP,

thank all of you who take part in this camapigne, in the name of so many kind, poor, innocent, sad dogs....injustly, shamefull killed, without beeing guilty...

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Action taken. I posted also on Facebook on my wall for everybody to see. This is barbaric. 

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As you will be aware, Turkey is a huge country with many municipalities, this is a huge problem and will not go away overnight, we need people to stay with us, do not get fed up thinking nothing is changing, I have seen small changes personally in some areas in just a few years.

As we get more and more support from genuine Turkish animal lovers who are brave enough to act against their corrupt officials the word will spread and they need our support so much. The rallys that took place on Oct 4th could never have been done without all the support we received and the biggest of all was in Istanbul, yes they were scared and all coverage of it was banned by the government.. even youtube is banned in Turkey. They do not have the freedom we so much take for granted, I know they truely welcome all our support and while we give it the fight will continue .

Thank you

The following is the Toronto Event.. check out the woman who just doesnt get it ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqHkuJI5N0I

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" Graphic pics "

This girl was raped !

http://i37.tinypic.com/9i77ti.jpg

This poor baby was stolen from a shelter ,when found she had had her tail cut off, this then happened again to another 5 pups.  Sadly none survived the ordeal.

http://i34.tinypic.com/1g2b2o.jpg

This horse collapsed, his owner beat and kicked him on the street for 2 hours ,with people looking on, eventually a vet came and put the poor creature out of his misery.

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This girl survived rape :

http://i35.tinypic.com/2z3ub8h.jpg

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Remember Gamze Neer ...she thinks we have all gone away,

Please can everyone send her this attachment http://i37.tinypic.com/2dbkl03.jpg

gamzeneer@mchsi.com

No message needed .

Thank you

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I KNOW WE"LL BE HERE, ALWAYS AWAKE, THANK YOU FOR THE INFOS, THEY ARE NEEDED, WE HAVE TO KNOW ALL FOR ACTING IN TIME,

I KNOW CHANGES WILL NOT COME OVERNIGHT, BUT WE WILL ALL FIGHT, THESE OUR FRIENDS ARE ALL WONDERFUL, GREAT, GOLDEN HEARTED ANIMAL LOVERS, WE"LLNOT LEAVE, BE SURE OF IT, PLEASE KEEP US CONTINOUSLY INFORMED, MORE AND MORE WILL BE THE FRIENDS TO TAKE ACTION, I AM SURE,

THANK YOU, MY DEAR NICOLE FOR POSTING ON THE FACEBOOK WALL, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOUR FOR SPREADING THE WORD, FOR FIGHTING IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY,

MUCH LOVE, GOD BLESS YOU

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Here is the year 2008 in review in Turkey for animals.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2011414&l=cef3d&id=1271426292

The year kicked off with puppies burnt to death by schoolkids in Kartal, Istanbul, and then closed with the Jonah

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=86686&l=42ff1&id=601330489

tragedy in Van which appalled the entire world. It was not at all pleasant in between the two either as you can see from the pictures... And all of this is just the tip of the iceberg.

May God forgive Turkey for the pain and misery it is causing on animals.

We won't...

And we will let the Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan know this as well

basbakanlik@bimer.gov.tr

Have a happy new year.

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The pictures you will see below http://picasaweb.google.com.tr/antalyakillers/IstanbulGungorenBarinagiIstanbulGungorenShelter# were taken by a group of animal rights volunteers at the Gungoren municipal shelter in Istanbul a few days ago. When the group got there, they noticed that the animals in the shelter had not been fed food or water for days.. You will see some dry food having been placed before some of the animals in the cages. That has been fed by volunteers, not by the municipality. Indeed, there was no municipal figure in place to take care of the animals, apart from one guy who manned the entrance gate to the shelter and that was all he was doing. Food was basically out of the question for the animals. The volunteers spotted several dead dogs inside the cages, and there was a terrible stench from their decomposing bodies. The stench of death was all around the Gungoren shelter, not metaphorically, literally... An official complaint was filed immediately following the volunteer group’s visit. And the response to that complaint was nothing short of a scandal. The team in charge of the municipality’s animal control work led by Mr. Engin Civan claimed that the shelter served stray animals “under the most appropriate and modern conditions”. When was the last time you have seen a “modern” and “appropriate” shelter whose cages are filled with the bodies of dogs starved to death? No, we are not letting anybody get away with this disaster... One of the leading news channels in our country, CNN Turk is also following this disaster closely. Today, the pictures you have seen in the album were broadcast on CNN Turk. On Monday, the CNN Turk team will contact Mr. Yucel Karaman, the mayor of Gungoren, for an explanation of the situation (we are really curious what he has to say).

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One of the leading news channels in our country, CNN Turk is also following this disaster closely. Today, the pictures you have seen in the album were broadcast on CNN Turk. On Monday, the CNN Turk team will contact Mr. Yucel Karaman, the mayor of Gungoren, for an explanation of the situation (we are really curious what he has to say). Please spare one moment to show your support for the dogs of Gungoren shelter who are experiencing hell in there. Let the mayor know of your disgust with the situation. Gungoren Mayor Yücel Karaman http://www.gungoren.bel.tr/baskanayazin/mesaj_formu.asp Gungoren Municipality Phone Number: +90 212 449 55 00 Also, please thank the CNN Turk team and ask them to pursue this matter till the end: CNN TURK Team http://www.cnnturk.com/servisler/bize.yazin/default.aspx?pageId=57

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What in the world is wrong with people anymore!!!!!! This is beyond despicable and abhorrent.

All actions taken-as well as contacting CNN.Thank you ladies for posting this, as always veronica you are such a fighter for the animals, my hat is off to you dear lady. 

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Is anyone able to post a translation of the CNN comment box? Google translate doesn't have Turkish.

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Please check out this great site with actions you can take for the stray cats and dogs in Turkey 

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Jonah's story has touched hearts around the world.

We dedicate HAFTA to the memory of this brave little dog.

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For now at least, the massacre in Kas has been stopped..

Dear Friends,

Today is one of those rare days where we can announce a victory.

Thanks to the intervention of one good man, the CHP Parlamentarian Mehmet Sevigen, the dogs of Kas have been spared execution.

Check out:

http://kaskillers.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/kas-kopeklerine-koruma-sozu-promise-of-protection-for-the-dogs-of-kas/

Dare I say some good news, we hope !!

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Thanks, Anne - good to hear there is at least ONE pollie with a heart in Turkey!

We ought to send this to Mr Ertugul Gunay, with his bloomin' crocodile tears!

I left a comment thanking Mr Sevigen -  taking action for animals in that hell-hole is such an exceptionally civilised and compassionate thing to do, certainly nothing like what usually happens there!

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I am sure, in time, more and more people will stay on our side, i trust that in TIME mentalities will change, traditions will be for history, but for all this happen is needed our, unite fight, day and night to action in every possible way, sign, sending mails, spreading the word, crossposting, begging........getting involved,

thank you for all you do for making our planet a better place for our poor animals....

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Signed petitions http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/turkeymassacre/index.html and http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/turkey_investigation1

Please do the same if you have just a couple of seconds. That's all it takes. Thanks Carole

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