Love Has No Borders Help our Turkish Partners! With no end to the CDC ban in sight, our Turkish rescue partners need our help now more than ever!! If you follow us on Facebook, you have probably seen and read about the GoFundMe that we have put together for our rescue partners in Turkey. They need our help now more than ever. Not a day goes by without requests to help abandoned goldens, most of them in desperate need of medical help. Winter has set in, the shelters are overcrowded, and the rescuers are running out of room and resources to care for the goldens in need. Making it worse, the value of the Turkish lira has dropped dramatically, and pet
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supplies and medications are costing 3 times more than they did last month. It’s even getting more difficult to find and afford quality pet food, which they hope to stockpile to get through the winter. Without the resources to care for them, they are having to leave many needy dogs on the streets. The government is being less tolerant to strays, which makes their future very bleak. The president of Turkey has ordered municipalities to pick up all strays and take them to shelters. The problem with this is that the shelters are considered “death camps” for animals. Plus, Turkey’s three largest cities (Izmir, Ankara and Istanbul) have over 500,000 stray dogs together.
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While we can’t bring any dogs over yet, eventually the ban will be lifted. There will likely be new requirements for rabies titers, which will increase transport costs. But their immediate need is financial, so that they can continue to help the goldens in their care, like Leo, Dost, Pascal, Pasha, and Amigo. Leo and Dost both had severe leg fractures that have been repaired, and Dost (meaning “close friend”) still needs a hip replacement. Pascal was found with severe dermatitis and puncture wounds on his feet from sharp
