SHELTER IN TURKEY
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CLICK HERE FOR TURKISH ANIMAL PROTECTION BILL no 5199 - 2004
CLICK HERE FOR UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ANIMAL RIGHTS TURKISH
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We need your help again for the Buyukada Animal Shelter in İstanbul.
"need help for the Buyukada animal shelter in istanbul"
The shelter of Buyukada (One of the Princess Islands) is sitauated by the seaside. The shelter is located on a slope above the sea which means the shelter is vulnerable to sharp north winds. Its all garbage everywhere. ( I spent one hour at the shelter and I am down with a flue since days).
The next room is reserved for the horses who have the Ruam sickness (I don’t know the word in english. But its called Ruam in turkish). The only food the dogs get to eat is the moldy bread, splashed with water. Some dogs get to eat on a material used to build roofs in the forest (could be plasterboard). Some eat in the shelter, again on this kind of material. And then there is also this red washtub, again serving for food bowl. So altogether, there are three food bowls serving for food bowls, for hundred dogs at the shelter. The food they get to eat is as follows: The moldy, rotten bread. Thats it.
The shelter is all the way at the top of a mountain. They say, the corpse of the dead dogs are being chucked away at the Maltepe junkyard. The animals are covered with scabs. The sickness has become so bad that the animal bodies’ are full of bloody wounds. The wounds are all inflected. Believe me, its horrible down in the Princess Island shelter.
The door keeper of the shelter; Ahmet, he lives in very uncivilised conditions. The ‘hut’ he lives in, has no electricity, no water, no heater or nothing to serve as a heat, water leaks in from outside. Ahmet got 8 dogs, covered with scabs, in his room and placed them in the washtubs, to protect them from the cold. Ahmet says he got scabs from them. He says, he itches horribly. The living conditions of this poor man, must change.
The dog houses which you will see in the pictures have been supplied by the volunteers. Unfortunately, these dog houses are not adequate enought to protect the poor dogs from the harsh winds.
All kinds, big or small, are freely strolling around. The problem is; the stronger ones are pestering and ill-treating the weaker ones.
Previously, 47 stray dogs have been murdered, in Heybeliada, (One of the Princess Islands) at the Akcakoca Location. Latter to that, 13 stray dogs have been killed in Buyuk Ada. This information has been obtained on thursday, from the sellers at the bazaar.
From: Ozgun Ozturk
ozgun@kopeksahiplen.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:15 PM
Dear animal friends,
We need your help again for the Buyukada Animal Shelter in İstanbul.
You can find the adresses and the sample letter below:
www.kopeksahiplen.com/island.htm
Best regards,
Ozgun Ozturk
www.kopeksahiplen.com
Everyday you can feed a hungry child
www.thechildhealthsite.com
Everyday you can feed a hungry animal
www.theanimalrescuesite.com
Met vriendelijke groeten,
Linda Taal
Stichting ActieZwerfhonden
www.actiezwerfhonden.nl
PLEASE SEND THE LETTER TO THE ADRESSES BELOW:
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bilgiedinme@istanbul.gov.tr'; '
muammerguler@istanbul.gov.tr'; '
belediye@adalar.bel.tr'; '
adalarkaymakamligi@adalar.gov.tr'; '
halkilis@basbakanlik.gov.tr'; '
bilgiedinme@basbakanlik.gov.tr'; '
toplumlailiskiler@icisleri.gov.tr'; '
ozelkalem@kulturturizm.gov.tr'; '
cevrebakanligi@gov.tr'; '
eposta@mahalli-idareler.gov.tr';
deleation-turkey@cec.eu.int ; '
bulent.arinc@tbmm.gov.tr'; '
ivho@ist-vho.org.tr';ozgun@kopeksahiplen.com;pupsi@superonline.com;bulent.arinc@tbmm.gov.tr;
toplumlailiskiler@icisleri.gov.tr;
musaa@kkgm.gov.tr;
merkal@tbmm.gov.tr;
mahalli.bilgiedinme@icisleri.gov.tr;
teftis@icisleri.gov.tr;
diab@icisleri.gov.tr;basin@icisleri.gov.tr;
illeridaresi@icisleri.gov.tr;
ozelkalem@icisleri.gov.tr;
halkilis@basbakanlik.gov.tr;
Date: December, 16th 2005
Subject: Buyukada Animal Shelter
Total: 9 Pages
To The Attention of Istanbul Governorship,
According to paragraphs D and E of Animal Protection Law Number 5199
The Duties of Province Animal Protection Committee
Substance 16
d) Various individuals to monitor and orientate the activities of associations and commitees and to maintain coordination concerning the protection of the animals.
e) Will be appointed and liable to support, provide continous development and to take necessary precations concerning the Animal Shelters and Hospitals which will be established within the province.
We request for an Inspection Crew to be constitued in purpose of inspecting and developing of Büyükada Animal Shelter per paragraphs D and E of Animal Protection Law Number 5199.
We request for the inspection crew to be constituted from a total of 3 individuals; 2 individuals being from a non-governmental organizations, and for the shelter to be inspected on regular basis and necessary accomodations to be maintained per the criterias outlined.
As outlined clearly by substance 16. and in regards to providing support, development and orientation to Buyukada Animal Shelter, your municipality is obliged to work in coordination both with non-governmental organizations and Province Animal Protection Committee
We urgently request for an inspection crew to be constituted from a total of 3 individuals; 2 individuals being from a non-governmental organizations, and for İstanbul Büyükada Shelter to be inspected per the outlined criterias and necessary development to be maintained per the results.
In addition, we request for the results to be submitted in a written statement of a case regarding the regular inspections conducted thorughout the year of 2004 and 2005 by the Governorship, Agricultural Provincial Directorate and Environmental & Forestry Provincial Directorate to our side.
We request to inquire information in regards to the number of inspections performed to the shelter and by which units were these inspections conducted thorughout the year of 2004 and 2005.
I request of a written response to my petition, per Law No. 3071 Petition Law and Law No. 4982 Procure Information Law.
I request for information and further action, and remain most respectful.
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Het asiel van Buyukada (een van de Princess Islands) ligt aan zee. Het asiel ligt op een helling boven de zeespiegel, waardoor het blootgesteld is aan felle noordenwinden. Overal ligt afval (ik heb één uur in het asiel doorgebracht en heb nu al dagenlang griep)
De kamer ernaast is gereserveerd voor de paarden die de Ruam-ziekte hebben (in het Turks heet het Ruam). Het enige voedsel dat de honden krijgen is beschimmeld brood, wat natgemaakt met water. Sommige honden krijgen hun voedsel op materiaal dat gebruikt word om het bos daken mee te maken (zou gipsplaat kunnen zijn). Sommige honden eten in het asiel, ook op dit soort materiaal. En dan is er ook nog de rode wastobbe, die opnieuw gebruikt wordt voor voedsel. Dus alles bij elkaar zijn er drie bakken die als voedselbakken gebruikt worden, en dat voor honderd honden in het asiel. Het voedsel dat ze krijgen bestaat uit het volgende: beschimmeld, bedorven brood. Niets anders.
Het asiel ligt helemaal op de top van een berg. Ze zeggen dat de kadavers van de dode honden op de vuilstortplaats van Maltepe worden gedumpt. De dieren zitten onder de schurft. De ziekte is zo erg geworden dat de lichamen van de dieren vol bloederige wonden zitten. De wonden zijn allemaal ontstoken. Geloof me, het is verschrikkelijk op het asiel van Princess Island
De portier van het asiel, Ahmet, woont in zeer erbarmelijke omstandigheden. De “hut” waar hij in woont heeft geen stroom, geen water, geen kachel of iets om voor warmte te zorgen, en het water lekt van buiten naar binnen. Ahmet heeft acht honden in zijn kamer, en allemaal zitten ze onder de zweren. Die heeft hij in de wastobbes gezet om ze tegen de kou te beschermen. Ahmet zegt dat hij schurft van ze heeft gekregen. Hij zegt dat hij overal verschrikkelijke jeuk heeft. De leefomstandigheden van deze arme man moeten verbeterd worden
De hondenhokken die je op de foto’s ziet zijn door de vrijwilligers geleverd. Jammer genoeg zijn ze niet voldoende om de arme honden tegen de felle wind te beschermen
Allerlei soorten, van groot tot klein, lopen vrij rond. Het probleem is alleen dat de sterkere de zwakkeren lastigvallen en over het algemeen slecht behandelen.
Daarvóór zijn 47 zwerfhonden vermoord in Heybeliada (een van de Princess Islands) op de Akcakoca Locatie. Daarna zijn er nog eens 13 zwerfhonden vermoord in Buyuk Ada. Deze informatie heb ik op donderdag gekregen van de kooplieden in de bazaar.
