Dog breeds
Puppy covered in mud and glue found at point of death in Istanbul
A stray puppy that was left for dead after being covered in glue by children in Istanbul is making a slow recovery, daily Hürriyet has reported.
The puppy was struggling to move and was barely breathing when it was found by locals late last week.
Locals who found the puppy took it to a veterinarian for medical examinations.
10 US “first” dogs
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Bodrum's 'Golden Gang'
Şenol Özbakan, a former deck-man who adopts abandoned golden retriever dogs in the western province of Muğla's Bodrum district, has thousands of followers on his social media accounts thanks to his "Golden Gang."
The 56-year-old Özbakan, who lives with his 13 dogs in his old minibus parked in Bodrum's industrial site, draws attention for his life.
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World’s oldest dog dies at 30 (photos+video)
Maggie the Kelpie, an Australian dog that was thought to be the oldest in the world, has died at the age of 30 leaving her owner devastated. She was the best friend of Victorian dairy farmer Brian McLaren who confirmed the news, saying that Maggie passed away peacefully on Sunday night. The beloved dog was still wandering around the dairy in Woolsthorpe, west of Melbo
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Pedigree dogs abandoned in Turkey to be adopted in England
Abandoned Golden Retrievers living on the streets of the Aegean holiday resort town of Marmaris are being sent to England to be adopted as part of an initiative carried out by a Scottish town resident.
'Anatolian lion' receives promotion
A sculpture of the Aksaray Malakl?s?, a dog breed known as the Anatolian lion, has been erected in the Central Anatolian province of Aksaray.
The fame of Aksaray Malakl?s? has been on the rise in recent years in Turkey and abroad, prompting the local municipality to initiate new work to promote the dog breed in Turkey and abroad.
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RIP Diesel, another victim of the terrorist attacks (pics)
A Belgian shepherd dog, called Diesel, was killed on Wednesday as one female suicide bomber blew herself out during a police shoot-out with a number of suspected terrorists, that may have included the lead plotter of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud.
Demand on rise for Aksaray Malakl?s?
Interest in the Aksaray Malakl?s?, an Anatolian dog breed, has increased after one of these dogs was gifted to President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an during his visit to the central Anatolian province of Aksaray.
Also known as the ?Anatolian lion,? the Aksaray Malakl?s? receives great demand from Turkey and abroad. The puppies of this breed find an owner within a very short time.
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Give a black dog a home (cute canine photos)
Photographer Fred Levy began the “Black Dog Project” when he first heard the stats that show that dark-colored dogs have less chance of adoption than their lighter-colored canines. His mission was to find as many black dogs as possible and photograph these. Some were found via Facebook, others were found at dog shelters.
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Carpathian Shepherd, Mioritic Shepherd - first internationally recognized Romanian dog breeds
Romania has for the first time two dog breeds internationally recognized: the Romanian Carpathian Shepherd Dog and the Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog.