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Experts have drawn attention to the escalating incidence of cancer among pets and animals, pointing to second-hand smoke as an important factor.

While showcasing cats and dogs for sale in pet shops is banned under regulations in the Animal Protection Law, the increase in sales over the internet has caused controversy.

In response to the escalating veterinary expenses, pet owners in the southern tourism hub of Antalya are increasingly turning to specialized health insurance for their cats and dogs.

The trend comes as the city witnesses a surge in demands for insurance policies designed to alleviate the financial burden associated with pet care.

The animal hospital at Ondokuz Mayıs University in the northern province of Samsun serves as the hub for the treatment of injured animals throughout the entire Black Sea region, having attended to over 20,000 injured animals in the first nine months alone.

Α woman was arrested on Thursday after police discovered she had turned her house in the village of Erymanthos in southern Greece into an informal kennel with at least 60 dogs.

Nine-year-old Alessia Ramos gently pets a hamster at a Mexican hospital where animals ranging from Australian parakeets to a Siberian Husky are being used to provide mental health therapy.

"It helps me to relieve my anxiety, to control my emotions, to relax and be more focused," said Ramos, who has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

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.

Pet shops will no longer be allowed to sell cats and dogs as of July 14, due to the animal protection law that came into force on July 14, 2021.

The capacity of the country's first pet cemetery, which was opened in the northwestern province of Bursa's Osmangazi district in 2017 by the municipality, has reached some 1,200 graves.

According to local officials, there is no more space in the cemetery, which is located inside Europe's biggest treatment center for stray animals.

There are 1.2 million dogs and 4.1 million cats in Turkey, according to the data of the European Pet Food Industry Federation (FEDIAF), as the pandemic has caused a boom in the tendency to own pets among Turkish people.

Observing a similar rise, petlebi.com, an online portal that sells pet products, shared Turkey's 2021 pet trends based on sales statistics.