Animal welfare

When members of the marine mammal team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare rush to a Cape Cod beach to help a stranded dolphin or porpoise, they have no choice but to treat the endangered animal on site and then immediately release it.

That is about to change.

A pair of Siberian tigers pant incessantly beside a pond at their zoo enclosure in the scorching summer heat of the Iraqi capital.

Temperatures on Monday breached 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in Baghdad for the second day in a row, making life outdoors unbearable for both humans and animals.

The sole solution to the ongoing problem regarding stray animals in Istanbul is to rehabilitate the animals and provide better conditions to them in shelters, Governor Davut Gül has stated.

With incidences of injuries caused by dogs and cats coming to light lately, many residents have shown their discomfort regarding the rising number of street animals in Istanbul.

In a recent operation, Turkish authorities seized 22 Pomeranian dogs being smuggled into the country through the Edirne Kapkule Border Gate.

Istanbul Governor's Office has sent a directive to relevant authorities in all 39 districts to facilitate the sterilization of stray dogs in order to control their population, after people raised concerns following some dog attack incidents in the country.

The owner of a horse that collapsed and died while pulling a tourist carriage through a Corfu street has been arrested and fined 30,000 euros, according to a report by state broadcaster ERT.

The animal died on a public road around noon on Thursday as residents and visitors looked on.

Police in Corfu have launched a preliminary investigation into the death of a horse that was pulling a tourist carriage through the island's main town.

The animal collapsed and died on a public road around noon as residents and visitors looked on, according to a report by state broadcaster ERT.

A book has been published about the role of animal rights in the law, a first in this field, under the direction of the Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Law.

A representative of a local animal charity filed a lawsuit against a Thessaloniki man caught on video abusing a dog. The lawsuit was filed at the Lagada police precinct.

The video, that was uploaded on social media, shows the man beating the dog with a stick.

A program to train at least one police officer in every police station in the country in animal rights issues will begin on Wednesday.

The officers will be trained to deal with cases related to animal abuse, be they strays, pets, working or game animals, exotic species and others, the police said.