Please take some time to send the sample letter below or to write your own against the massive killing of stray dogs in Turkey.
Forward widely.
Thank you!!
From: buket dincsoy Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006
URGENT!STRAYDOGS WERE KILLED BY THE CORUM MUNICIPALITY IN CORUM.
HELP PLEASE!!!
Dear Friends/Hola Amigos
Corum Municapality of Turkey, poisened stray dogs and killed.
Turkish Animal Protection Law Number 5199 completely ignored.
Related photos and Turkish Animal Protection Law Number 5199 English Version are attached in the attachments.
You will see the injection in the photos next to poisened stray dog.
Also you will see in the photos
Children were crying when the stray dog pass away from world in the intolerable pain in Corum.
HELP,please send this protest letter with photos and Turkish Animal Protection Law Number 5199 in the attachments.
For the stray dogs who were killed by the municipality of Corum.
Best Regards from Istanbul/Turkey
O.Buket Dincsoy
www.yasamhakkinasaygi.com
www.kurkehayir.org
Please send this protest letter to these adress.
bilgiedinme@corum.gov.tr
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osman.pepe@tbmm.gov.tr, bakan@cevreorman.gov.tr, bakanlik@cevreorman.gov.tr, ozelkalem@cevreorman.gov.tr, genelsekreter@cevreorman.gov.tr, bilgiedinme@tarim.gov.tr, bilgiedinme@basbakanlik.gov.tr, chpbim@chp.org.tr,tayyip.erdogan@tbmm.gov.tr,deniz.baykal@tbmm.gov.tr,cumhurbaskanligi@tccb.gov.tr,
cevkom@tbmm.gov.tr, bulent.arinc@tbmm.gov.tr, agul@abdullahgul.gen.tr,kayhan.kavas@icisleri.gov.tr,bilgi@basbakanlik.gov.tr,gsekreter@cevreorman.gov.tr,
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TO:cev@corum.bel.tr, zbt@corum.bel.tr, bil@corum.bel.tr, sosyalisler@corum.bel.tr, egt@corum.bel.tr, ozlukis@corum.bel.tr, huk@corum.bel.tr, hsp@corum.bel.tr, yaz@corum.bel.tr, beyazmasa@corum.bel.tr, basin@corum.bel.tr, ozk@corum.bel.tr, tmz@corum.bel.tr, baskan@corum.bel.tr, turan.atlamaz@corum.bel.tr, turanatlamaz@corum.bel.tr, tatlamaz@corum.bel.tr, ilmuduru@corumtarimil.gov.tr, ozelkalem@corumtarimil.gov.tr, ozelkalem@corum.gov.tr, basin@corum.gov.tr,
huseyinporoy@corum.gov.tr, hporoy@corum.gov.tr, huseyin.poroy@corum.gov.tr, h.poroy@corum.gov.tr,
valilik@corum.gov.tr, iletisim@corum.gov.tr, basinyayin@corum.gov.tr, hukuk@corum.gov.tr, saglik@corum.gov.tr, saglikisleri@corum.gov.tr, halklailiskiler@corum.gov.tr, bilgi@corum.gov.tr,
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TURKISH
STRAYS
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 9, 2006
STOP
PRESS !!!!!
As it was to be expected
Turkey's press has finally picked up on the appalling situation
created by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality's and the Head of
the Veterinary Department, Arif Irfan Eker.
This weekend two of the leading newspapers in Turkey, Milliyet and
Hurriyet have exposed the issue in their pages.
This fight will continue in the Administrative Court as well as in
the Mass Media. Sooner or later the Istanbul Metropolitan
Municipality will come to realize that it is much easier,
cost-effective and certainly better for PR purposes to manage
Neuter and Return in a humane and professional way, and counting
with our collaboration and supervision that leaving the whole
responsibility of this crucial project under the control of
companies and individuals of dubious repute.
The moment there is a firm commitment on the part of the Istanbul
Metropolitan Municipality to make this project work in strict
accordance with the Law, and guided by Humane Principles, we,
EHDKD, as well as our friends of the Society for the Protection of
Stray Animals, will be there to lend them a helping hand towards
its successful completion.
Until then the fight will continue both in the Court as well as the
public forum of national and international Media. It is up to Arif
Eker and ultimately up to Kadir Topbas, the Major of Istanbul to
decide which route to follow: a new way guided by humanity,
legality and joint cooperation OR its current inhumane, illegal and
dismissive behavior that is ending with the lifes of thousands of
animals in an appalling display of animal cruelty and total
disregard of both Law and public opinion.
EHDKD
Beklendiği
gibi, Türkiye medyası, niyahet, Istanbul
Büyükşehir
Belediyesi Veteriner Işleri
Müdürlüğünün
açtığı
kısırlaştırma
ihalesinin içyüzünü gündeme getirdi.
Bu
haftasonu, Türkiye’nin iki yüksek tirajlı gazetesi, Milliyet ve
Hürriyet bu konuya sayfalarında yer verdi.
Mücadelemiz, gerek
idare mahkemesinde, gerek medyada devam edecektir. Istanbul
Büyükşehir
Belediyesinin, er veya geç, kısırlaştırma
projesini insani ve profesyonel bir
şekilde
yürütmenin daha az maliyetli, daha kolay ve halkla
ilişkiler
açısından daha doğru
olduğunun
farkına varacağını
ve bu önemli projeyi konu hakkında hiçbir deneyimi
olmayan
şaibeli
şirketlerle
değil,
hayvan koruma derneklerinin işbirliği
ve denetimi ile yapmanın daha akıllıca olduğunu
anlayacağını
düşünüyoruz.
Istanbul Büyükşehir
Belediyesi bu projeyi kanuna ve ahlaki açıdan kabul edilebilir
bir
şekilde
yapmaya karar verdiği
anda, biz EHDKD ve SHYKD olarak, projenin
başarılı
olması için onlara her türlü desteği
gönüllü olarak vermeye hazır olacağız.
O an gelene kadar, hukuk mücadelemizin yanı sıra konuyu yerli ve
uluslararası medyaya taşıma
çabalarımız devam edecektir. Istanbul Büyükşehir
Belediye Başkanı
Kadir Topbaş
ve
bu uygulamadan sorumlu Arif Irfan Eker, isterlerse, bizimle
işbirliği
içinde, insani ve kanuna uygun bir icraata
başlayarak,
bu önemli projede başarılı
olmayı seçebilirler, ya da binlerce hayvanın sorumsuzca telef
edildiği
bu uygulamaya, kanunu ve kamu vicdanını hice sayarak devam
edebilirler. Tercih onlara kalmıştır.
EHDKD
The Sariyer Kocatas
Shelter, belonging to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is at
the center of a controversy that is now in the hands of the
Administrive Court. EHDKD has been working voluntarily at the
shelter for six years but was told by the Istanbul Municipality
Veterinary Department, to leave the place in August. The director
of EHDKD, Deniz Bingol told us the following:
“We were told to leave the shelter because Istanbul Municipality
Veterinary Department opened a tender and gave the job of neutering
of dogs to a firm. We were told that this firm would be working at
Sariyer. First we were happy that the neutering would be done by a
professional firm. But then we found out that the firm which was
given the duty, was a pesticide firm. This made us have some doubts
about the issue. After September, we started receiving photographs
from the shelter; dogs were caught by men who had no experience in
the job, they were operated by inexperienced vets in unsuitable
conditions, post operative treatment was not given and dogs were
dying either at the operation table or immediately after. These
practices are against the Animal Protection Law and the technical
regulations of the tender. Furthermore, most of the dogs were
thrown into forests and in rabies quarantine areas. Our efforts to
deliver these documents and information to the municipality were
futile.”
Now the case is in front of the Administrative Court.
For detailed information and photos you can visit:
http://ehdkd.blogspot.com/
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THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 7, 2006
Shooting is over -
FİLM
ÇEKİMİ
BİTTİ
Shooting
is over. We are currently working on the editing and
post-production as well as organizing a country-wide, prime time
release of our documentary ellaborating on the need to implement a
properly managed campaign of sterilization of both stray and owned
animals in this country.
Stay tuned. Click here for a
preview
Behind the
Scenes
Film
çekimi bitti. Montaj ve çekim sonrası stüdyo
çalışmaları
da bittikten sonra bu ülkedeki sahipli ve sahipsiz hayvanların,
Hayvan Hakları Yasasına uygun bir proje ile
kısırlaştırılması
konusundaki bu belgesel filmin, ülke çapında ve “prime time”da
yayınlanması için temaslara başlayacağız.
Bizi
izlemeye devam edin.
Behind the
Scenes
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SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 2, 2006
Lights, camera,
action!
In an effort to support
our landmark courtcase against the Istanbul Municipality with an
across-the-board education effort today EHDKD started the shooting
of a documentary that aims to explain the origins and causes of the
plea of the stray dogs of Turkey as well as the only viable
solution, the implementation of a nation-wide campaign of Neuter
and Return.
This documentary will be the first of a series and, hopefully, the
beginning of a broader initiative aiming to educate the turkish
population on animal wellfare issues.
The only way forward is a combination of education activities and
legal action that ensures the correct implementation of the Animal
Wellfare Law. We are facing strong opposition from the
"usual
suspects" but with intelligence
and determination we will contribute to a lasting and permanent
change of the sad situation we witness today in this country.
Istanbul
Büyükşehir
Belediyesine karşı
Istanbul Idare Mahkemesinde açtığımız
dava devam ederken, sokak köpeği
olgusunun nedenleri ve sorunun tek etkin ve insani çözümü olarak
“Kısırlaştır-Aşılat-Yaşat”
projesinin tanıtımı üzerine bir belgeselin çekimlerine
başladık.
Bu
belgeselin, bu konuda yapılmış
ilk
film olmasının yanı sıra, Türkiye toplumunu hayvan hakları
konusunda bilinçlendirmek üzere başlatılacak
yaygın bir kampanyanın da ilk adımı olmasını
amaçlıyoruz.
Sorununun
çözümü için tek yolun, eğitim
faaliyetlerinin yanı sıra Hayvan Hakları Yasasının
doğru
uygulanması için verilecek hukuk mücadelesi
olduğuna
inanıyoruz. “Olağan
Şüpheliler”
cephesinden gelen muhalefete rağmen,
ülkemizde süregelen üzüntü verici duruma, kalıcı bir çözüm
bulunması için bilinç ve kararlılıkla mücadele etmeye devam
edeceğiz.
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WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 29, 2006
Days of the
Past
Since
we started our landmark case against the Istanbul Municipality and
their mishandling of Neuter and Return, we have been swamped dozens
of emails enquiring about us and our history.
We believe an image speaks a thousand words.
Please Click here:
DAYS OF THE PAST, OUR
STORY
Istanbul
Büyükşehir Belediyesine karşı, Hayvan Hakları Yasasını ihlal
iddiasıyla, Istanbul Idare Mahkemesinde açtığımız davanın ardından
EHDKD’nin geçmişteki çalışmalarını soran birçok e-posta
aldık.
Birtek
görüntünün binlerce sözden daha anlamlı olduğuna
inanıyoruz.
Lütfen
asagidaki link’i tiklayin.
HİKAYEMİZ
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MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 27, 2006
Execution
suspended!!!
Execution of Neuter and
Release carried on by Anadolu Ilaç in three shelters of Istanbul
Municipality at Tuzla, Alibeykoy and Sariyer has been suspended by
Istanbul Municipality.
The fact that Istanbul Municipality Veterinary Department has
ceased the execution doesn't exempt them from the responsibility of
the crimes in the past.
The court is to decide about the subject.
We will inform you about further developments.
Anadolu
Ilaç Gida
şirketi
tarafından Istanbul Büyükşehir
Belediyesine ait üç merkezde, Tuzla, Alibeyköy ve Sarıyer’de
yürütülmekte olan kısırlaştırma
uygulaması Istanbul Büyükşehir
Belediyesi tarafından durdurulmuştur.
Gelişmeler
hakkında sizi bilgilendirmeye devam edeceğiz.
Bizim
mahkemeye yaptigimiz basvurudan sonra Istanbul Büyüksehir
Belediyesi Veteriner Isleri Mudurlugu'nun uygulamayi durdurmus
olmasi,
telafisi
mumkun olmayan gecmis icraatinin sorumlulugundan kurtulmasi
anlamina gelmez. Yapilan icraatla ilgili karari adalet
verecektir.
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FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 24, 2006
An inhumane act -
INSANLIK DISI BIR UYGULAMA
Do
you see that white tag in the puppy's ear?
That is the white tag
of the Buyuksehir Belediye and Anadolu Ilac.
The age of that puppy
could not be more than three to four months old. He, too, is one of
the many hundreds dropped by Anadolu Ilac in the forests and roads
surrounding Istanbul.
Many
of those dogs are dying as we speak... others will die in the very
near future, either of hunger or being run over by cars.. the point
is... those dogs should not be there in the first place. It is
barbarian and inhuman to drop them in such a way in the forests and
roads, where there is no food and they stand very little chance for
survival.
Mr.
Eker, Justice is knocking on your door.
As ever, please send an
email with your thoughts to the person reponsible for the way the
situation in Istanbul is fast degenerating: Arif Eker, Head of the
Veterinary Department of the Istanbul Municipality.
Email:
arif.eker@ibb.gov.tr
INSANLIK
DISI BIR UYGULAMA
Yavru köpeğin
kulağındaki
küpeyi gördünüz mü?
Bu beyaz küpe Istanbul Büyükşehir
Belediyesi ve Anadolu Ilaç tarafından,
kısırlaştırılmış
köpekleri
işaretlemek
için kullanılmaktadır. Resimdeki yavru köpek en fazla üç ya da dört
aylıktır ve Anadolu Ilaç tarafından ormanlara ve yol kenarlarına
atılan yüzlerce köpekten sadece bir
tanesidir.
Atılan
köpeklerin çoğu
ya ormanda açlıktan ölmekte ya da otobanda ait
olduğu
yere gitmeye çalışırken
ezilmektedir. Köpekleri, yaşama
şanslarının
çok düşük
olduğu
ormanlara ya da otoban kenarlarına atmak barbarlıktır, insanlık
dışıdır.
Lütfen,
bu konuyla ilgili düşüncelerinizi
ve tepkilerinizi, uygulamanın sorumlusu olan
kişiye,
Istanbul Büyükşehir
Belediyesi Veteriner
İşleri
Müdürü Sayın Arif Eker’e iletiniz.
Atılan
köpeklerin çoğu
ya ormanda açlıktan ölmekte ya da otobanda ait
olduğu
yere gitmeye çalışırken
ezilmektedir. Köpekleri, yaşama
şanslarının
çok düşük
olduğu
ormanlara ya da otoban kenarlarına atmak barbarlıktır, insanlık
dışıdır.
Lütfen, bu konuyla ilgili düşüncelerinizi
ve tepkilerinizi, uygulamanın sorumlusu olan
kişiye,
Istanbul Büyükşehir
Belediyesi Veteriner
İşleri
Müdürü Sayın Arif Eker’e iletiniz.
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FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 17, 2006
Telling the
World
We
are currently in the midst of launching a widespread national and
international media and communications campaign aiming to educate
the Turkish population about the problem of the stray and abandoned
animals as well as informing the international community of the
progress of Turkey in animal wellfare matters.
We are also aiming
to make the Istanbul Municipality understand that it is in their
interest, politically and economically to properly implement the
Neuter and Return project IN COOPERATION with experienced animal
wellfare organizations. As long as Arif Eker and the people
responsible refuse to accept that fact, and entrench themselves in
a position of denial and covering up the fact that they are
operating dogs and dropping them by the side of the road or in the
middle of the forest so they are crushed by cars or starve to
death, there will be not one, but a thousand court cases against
them, and in the end, the people responsible will stop being an
asset but will become a liability.
... and we all know what happens
in politics when someone becomes a liability.
The
Municipality must understand that this is a national problem, and
one that it is in the best interest to solve in a Humane, Efficient
and Permanent manner.
So far it is a failure but we are still
hopeful. One must never loose hope in humanity.
For a glimpse into
our media activities please click on this
presentation:
TELLING THE WORLD
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Türk
toplumunu, sokak hayvanları ve terkedilmiş hayvanlar konusunda
bilinçlendirmek ve uluslararası toplumu Türkiye’deki durum ve
hayvan hakları mücadelesi konusunda bilgilendirmek için geniş bir
iletişim kampanyası açmış bulunuyoruz.
Diğer
yandan, Istanbul Büyükşehir
Belediyesi’ne, kısırlaştır-aşılat
projesinin, ancak doğru
bir
şekilde
ve bu konuda deneyimli hayvan koruma dernekleriyle
İŞBİRLİĞİ
İÇİNDE
uygulandığı
taktirde başarılı
olacağını
anlatmayı amaçlıyoruz. Sayın Arif Eker ve bu projeden sorumlu
kişiler,
bu gerçeği
anladıkları zaman, kendilerini
şu
anda içinde bulundukları talihsiz pozisyondan kurtarabilecekler.
Uygulama
şu
anda olduğu
gibi, kısırlaştırılan
köpeklerin otoyol kenarlarına veya ormanlara atılması
şeklinde
devam ettiği
sürece, onlar aleyhinde yüzlerce dava açılacak ve sonunda bu
uygulamanın sorumluları bu yükü taşıyamaz
hale geleceklerdir.
Istanbul
Büyükşehir
Belediyesi sokak hayvanı sorununun bir milli sorun
olduğunu
ve bunun Insani, Etkin ve Kalıcı bir biçimde çözülmesi
gerektiğini
anlamalıdır.
Şu
anda kadar uygulama başarısız
da olsa yine de umutsuz değiliz.
Insanlıktan hiçbir zaman umut kesilmemesi
gerektiğini
düşünüyoruz.
TELLING
THE WORLD
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• Evsiz Hayvanlari ve
Dogayi Koruma Dernegi
We were informed that Corum Municapality poisoned&killed stray
dogs in Corum and related photos are attached in the
attachments.
Turkish Animal Protection Law Number 5199
Purpose
ARTICLE 1 – The purpose of this law is to ensure that animals are
afforded a comfortable life and receive good and proper treatment,
to protect them in the best manner possible from the infliction of
pain, suffering and torture, and to prevent all types of cruel
treatment.
Scope
ARTICLE 2 – This Law includes the regulations to be made in line
with the purpose article, the precautions to be taken, the
coordination, supervision, restrictions and obligations to be
imposed and the penal provisions to be enforced.
Principles
ARTICLE 4
a) All animals are born equal and have a right to life within the
framework of the provisions of this Law.
Protection of ownerless and incapacitated animals
ARTICLE 6- It is forbidden to kill ownerless or incapacitated
animals, apart from the situations set forth in the Animal Health
Police Law no. 3285.
Ownerless and incapacitated animals must be brought as quickly as
possible to animal shelters established or permitted by the local
authorities. These animals will first be held in the observation
areas established in these centres. It is a principle that animals
that have been sterilised, vaccinated and rehabilitated will be
registered and released into the environment that they were taken
from.
Bans
ARTICLE 14 – The following actions in relation to animals are
banned:
a) To intentionally mistreat animals, to carry out a cruel and
unfair action, to beat an animal, leave them hungry or thirsty, to
abandon them in extreme heat or cold, to neglect their care or to
cause them physical and psychological pain.
Killing of animals
ARTICLE 13 – It is forbidden to kill animals unless there are legal
exceptions or in case of a medical or scientific necessity; and
when there is no food purpose or threat to humans or the
environment, pregnant, nursing, and birthing animals may not be
killed.
Everyday, from all over the country, we hear about municipalities
mass killing dogs. The petitions regarding the issue are not
handled seriously by the authorities, no relevant reply is given
and no solution is proposed. The municipalities insist on ignoring
the Act no 5199 and its binding duties, and continue the slaughter.
The Ministry of Interior responsible for inspection and
administration of the issue neglects its duties as well.
Turkish Animal Protection Law number 5199 is completely ignored by
the municipality in Corum and by the Ministry of Interior
responsible for inspecting the municipalities.
We will send these inhumane photos to the EU Member States, and
tell them that the non-ethical mass killing of stray animals by
municipalities continue increasingly, even after the signing of the
Animal Protection Act no 5199.
We kindly ask you to take action in The Grand National Assembly of
Turkey for providing the implementation of Act no 5199, and expect
you to call Abdulkadir Aksu – the Minister of Interior on duty with
an interpellation, should the occasion arise.
Best regards
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Istanbul
Turkey
Posted
by: "Suza" suza@actiezwerfhonden.nl
zwerfhond
Mon
Sep 25, 2006
Pain, cruelty in a
shelter in Turkey
The slide show you are going to watch was recorded on Sept 15,
2006, at
Sariyer Kocatas shelter. The Sariyer Shelter is run by AIG, a
sub-contractor of Biosav that was given the job of neuter and
release in
Istanbul by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality as a result of a
legal
tender.
We present these scenes to you and would kindly ask you to follow
your
conscience.
http://www.shkd.org/en/AIG
Background
information:
As
written about before on our website, the June 2004 law stipulating
that neuter and release is the only permitted method of solving the
stray dog issue was put into effect since July. The boroughs are
obliged to handle the problem and to have a good pound where the
neutered dogs can recover. The animals have to be registered and
returned to their original surroundings.
Because the
municipalities cannot organize all this by themselves, they have
called for tenders. For a part of Istanbul the work was contracted
out to a pesticide company. You can see how these people handle
things in the slideshow we will direct you to later.
The situation is
abominable. A lot of dogs die and sick dogs are just turned back on
the streets. Cases are known of a mother dog that was captured to
be sterilized when she was already giving birth. The dog was thrown
out of a car into a kennel and mother and pups have all died. A dog
with a hernia was sterilized and returned to the streets, the same
was done to a dog with a broken hipbone.
Also, there are no
records of where the dogs were picked up, so they are just put on
the streets anywhere; this causes a lot of
fights.
The hygiene in the
pounds where the dogs are being sterilized/neutered is very bad,
the way the dogs are being caught looks like animal abuse, and the
transport is being done in cars without any ventilation, with cargo
space temperatures ranging from 38 to 50 C.
Volunteer groups that
were working in the pounds are turned out on the street; the same
happened to some of the ‘residents’ of a particular pound. These
dogs are now wandering around the pound with no water or
food.
Today people from the
EDHKD and SHKD made pictures that can serve as evidence. It’s just
too awful to think what might happen to the tens of thousands of
dogs that are still in the pounds.
www.actiezwerfhonden.nl
upd.03-09-2006
L.S.,
Sometime
ago i forwarded you the below link, with pictures from the terrible
circumstances in the Sariyer/Istanbul shelter.
http://www.shkd.org/en/AIG
One
of the dogs was saved, below link will show you how she got to a
happy future.
http://www.shkd.org/common/Soundslides/Maria/
Kind
Regards,
Linda Taal
Stichting ActieZwerfhonden
http://www.actiezwerfhonden.nl/ www.actiezwerfhonden.nl