23/07/2024 | Writer: Kaos GL
Kaos GL, May 17, and Özgür Renkler (Free Colors) associations have issued a press statement regarding the proposed law on stray animals. The statement emphasizes that “Stray animals are not responsible for the legislation that state institutions have not implemented for decades!”
Photograph: Ateş Alpar / csgorselarsiv.org
On July 22, the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs convened to discuss the 17-article “Law Proposal on Amendments to the Animal Protection Law.” The fifth article, known as the “euthanasia” article, was a focal point of discussion in the Commission. Following a vote, the fifth article was accepted with an amendment motion from the Justice and Development Party (AKP).
Kaos GL, May 17, and Özgür Renkler (Free Colors) associations have issued a press statement regarding the proposed law on stray animals.
Whole text of the statement is as follows:
“This time, animals are the target of the ongoing negotiations in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, which is the corollary of a mentality that targets everyone and every living thing. The animals we live with in the city, neighborhood, and street do not deserve to be slaughtered. It is not the stray animals that make the city, neighborhood, and street uncanny, but the mentality and discourse that seeks the solution to every problem by making enemies of peoples, societies, genders, sexual orientations and gender identities, disabled people, children, and foreigners. Stray animals are not responsible for the legislation that state institutions have not implemented for decades! You cannot put the responsibility of those who do not care for stray animals, who do not ensure their protection in place by sterilizing them, on stray animals! Neuter them, keep them alive! Provide on-site care! The whole society is against this proposed law. We call on the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and MPs to withdraw the proposal that is about to become law in the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs.”
Tags: human rights
