Europe | Dog gone
Turkey’s president refuses to let sleeping dogs lie
Stray dogs are being rounded up
|ISTANBUL
Stray dogs have been a fixture of Turkey’s cities for centuries. Butchers ply them with scraps, pensioners offer them water, while others use boxes fitted with blankets to shield them from the winter cold. The strays are chipped, vaccinated and spayed by local vets.
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Dog gone”
Europe August 10th 2024
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