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A stray dog rests outside Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, file)

Turkey’s top court upholds controversial law on culling of stray dogs

Turkey’s top court has rejected a request for the annulment of a contentious law designed to control the population of stray dogs, but which animal lovers fear will lead to mass killings.
 
A young supporter of bullfighting joins a demonstration in support of bullfighting outside Mexico City's Congress where lawmakers are expected to debate its continuation in Mexico City, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Mexico City bans violent bullfighting, sparking fury and celebration

 
A view of the exhibition "And now you care" by the artist Marco Evaristti, before the opening in Den Graa Koedby in Copenhagen, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (Emil Nicolai Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Piglets left to starve as part of a controversial art exhibition in Denmark have been stolen

 
FILE - Soldiers attend the Colonel's Review, the final rehearsal of the Trooping the Colour, the King's annual birthday parade, at Horse Guards Parade in London, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

Animal rights groups object to Buckingham Palace guard’s distinctive bearskin caps

 
FILE - Pigeons gather on a bridge over the river Main with a church clock in background in Frankfurt, Germany, early Wednesday, May 15, 2019. A German town's referendum on culling pigeons has led to an uproar by animal rights activists. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

A German town’s referendum on culling pigeons has led to an uproar by animal rights activists

 

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Top Turkish court rejects annulment of law critics fear spells death for thousands of stray dogs

The country’s main opposition party had argued that the law, enacted last year, violated animal rights and had called for the cancellation of several of its articles. The Constitutional Court ruled however that the provisions are legally valid and for it to continue to be implemented. Protests took place in the country’s capital, with animal-lovers strongly opposing the law, fearing it would lead to widespread culling or dogs ending up in disease-ridden and overcrowded shelters.
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Animal rights activists attend a protest rally supporting the government-led dog meat banning bill at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. South Korea's parliament on Tuesday passed a landmark ban on production and sales of dog meat, as public calls for a prohibition have grown sharply over concerns about animal rights and the country's international image. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea’s parliament passes landmark ban on production and sales of dog meat

 
FILE - Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at the Miami Seaquarium as caregivers prepared to move her from the theme park in the near future. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

Miami Seaquarium’s Lolita the orca died from old age and multiple chronic illnesses, necropsy finds

 
FILE - An El Tajo ranch fighting bull is pulled out of the ring after being killed by a bullfighter during a bullfight at the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, on Sept. 29, 2016. A new animal welfare law that took effect Friday Sept. 29, 2023 in Spain outlaws the use of animals for recreational activities that cause them pain and suffering but allows bullfights and hunting with dogs. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

A new Spanish law strengthens animal rights but exempts bullfights and hunting with dogs

 
In this photo provided by the Humane Society of Hobart, Ind., a dog suffering from heat-related injury is aided by a man inside the Road Ranger convenience store, in Lake Station, Ind., July 27, 2023. (Jennifer Webber/Humane Society of Hobart, Ind. via AP)

Prosecutor asks Indiana State Police to investigate dog deaths in uncooled rear of truck

 
FILE - A buffalo can be seen through the fencing of its enclosure as it grazes at Wildwood Park & Zoo in Marshfield, Wis., Feb. 22, 2015, just after sunset. Wisconsin zoos could escape state oversight if the operations earn accreditation from the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, an organization that animal rights advocates have blasted for having what they argue are weak animal treatment standards, under a Republican bill heard on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. (Dan Young/The Wausau Daily Herald via AP, File)

Wisconsin Republicans consider bill to weaken oversight of roadside zoos

 
FILE - Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at the Miami Seaquarium as caregivers prepared to move her from the theme park in the near future. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

Lolita the orca dies at Miami Seaquarium after half-century in captivity

 
In this July 5, 2016 photo, a chimpanzee uses ropes to navigate within an enclosure at the former city zoo now known as Eco Parque, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Many of the animals at Eco Parque are so zoo-trained that experts fear they would die if moved, even to wild animal preserves. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Animals remain behind bars one year after Buenos Aires zoo closure