Do you think it would make sense to release Turkey's stray dogs into Europe?

[MerakSahibi]

Street dogs

According to the World Health Organization, Turkey has around 10 million stray dogs and is considered a rabies-risk country. Europeans dealt with their own stray dog problem long ago, and even today they require pet dogs to be microchipped to prevent a stray population from emerging again. But when it comes to Turkey, they pressure us in the name of animal rights.

On the other hand, we also have a group of people here who constantly complain, saying, "You don't want to be a stray animal—or even a woman—in Turkey. Life is too hard."

So here's my proposal: we open our border gates in Thrace and let our stray dogs cross into Europe. They'll supposedly have a wonderful life there. And if our European overlords happen to be bothered by them, they're free to cull them after all—they won't have to answer to anyone. After all, the Dutch culled 300,000 chickens last year, and hardly anyone said a word about it.

Great idea. There are plenty of women here who don't want to have children and would rather be dog moms.

No, I don't want anything from you.

No. In India, cows are sacred; in Turkey, it's dogs. You'll treat them like royalty.

[choco-latte]

Or how about Turks stop buying animals and then throw them out to the street when they get bored of them? If you don’t have the time, money, or commitment that owning a pet requires, just don’t get one. That’s one thing that could prevent Turkey’s stray animal crisis from getting worse in the future.

[MerakSahibi]

That's a classic argument, but it's far from reality. In Turkey, people usually keep small breeds like Poodles and Maltese as house pets, while those with larger yards tend to own Golden Retrievers. On the other hand, people who are prone to crime or act like thugs often keep Pit Bulls. You don't see these types of dogs on the streets. Instead, most stray dogs are Kangal mixes—the typical free-roaming dogs.

[purplepoppy]

Turkey even has vending machines for stray dogs.

What Turkey needs is a mass sterilisation program of strays as a cull would be unpopular. Introduce microchipping and start prosecuting people who release unwanted dogs. Perhaps even pay people to adopt a stray.

[MerakSahibi]

Neutering is also a painful procedure. There is little difference between taking away an animal’s basic instinct and killing it. Leaving aside the cost, their aggression and diseases will not disappear. Besides, in a country like Turkey, where the fertility rate has fallen to 1.3, do you really think support would be given to dog owners while women who have children are not supported?

[purplepoppy]

If they are diseased and aggressive then a cull is the only answer.

[strateguy632]

the dogs showed they want to stay in turkey. more merciful than death, is to cut so they can't make baby but stay alive for natural lifetime.

[Just_Ken]

Doesn't greece have a massive boarder fence to keep turks out?
Anyway if your part of the EU you do whag they tell you.

[jennifer_bloom]

While vacationing in Taiwan, I learned that every wild house pet you saw was very very well behaved, and I was told by my mom they execute all the poorly behaved ones which is why every living wild animal you see, has better manners than a elite millionaire model. If they can do pest control in Taiwan, they can do it in other countries as well. I do not know how they do it, but I know it can be done.

[Taranis_Thunor]

I don't understand why Muslims hate dogs so much.

[MerakSahibi]

The attitude towards cats and dogs is very different. Even the most Salafi Muslims keep cats in their homes. A hadith says that if a dog drinks from a container, you should wash it seven times, because dogs are considered najis (ritually impure). You can only keep a dog inside the house for guarding or protection purposes (keeping one in the yard is not a problem).

On the other hand, another hadith narrates that the sins of a prostitute were forgiven because she drew water from a well and gave it to a thirsty dog, but the point here is mercy. Animal slaughter is also subject to rules, with the aim of avoiding cruelty. In Islam, animals are generally not treated merely as property; there are moral responsibilities towards them. However, the stray dog issue is a completely different matter. There is already no objection to adopting them, otherwise they pose a danger.

I looked at the rabies cases in Europe, and almost all of them are people who traveled as tourists to countries like Thailand or India and petted the dogs they saw on the streets. They think the rest of the world is as cautious as they are.

On the other hand, from what I've seen, Southeast Asians have no concept of "proper manners" or "etiquette." The way they slaughter animals is disgraceful.

Another thing that caught my attention is that Hitler was a vegetarian and the Nazis passed animal welfare laws.

[exitseven]

why not send them to Haiti? Thst would be a win win.

[FrodoSkywalker007]

Europe already has millions of strays. Why burden the with more?

[Agape93]

50 bucks a head and I'll handle it

[noohair]

That could be considered an act of War!!!