ISTANBUL (AFP) – Ubiquitous and iconic, Istanbul’s street dogs have been swept up in a political storm involving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and an app that helped get them killed. The sheer number of stray animals – dogs and cats both – darting between people and lounging on public squares jumps out at most visitors […]
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A court in the Turkish capital Ankara has blocked access to Havrita, an app which allows users to report the exact location of stray dogs and which critics say has led to mass killings of the animal.
ISTANBUL Ubiquitous and iconic, Istanbul’s street dogs have been swept up in a political storm involving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and an app that helped get them killed.The sheer number of stray animals dogs and cats both darting between people and lounging on public squares jumps out at most visitors to Turkey’s ancient cultural capital.They could well be