Animal rights rally in Istanbul as Erdogan targets stray dogs
epa09675447 People hold banners reading 'Stop the ongoing genocide against stray animals' during an animal rights rally in Istanbul, Turkey, 09 January 2022. Following a brutal attack by two pitbulls on a four-year-old girl shortly before Christmas 2021, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered municipalities to remove stray dogs from the streets and put them in shelters, meaning nearly-certain death for the animals considering the infamous conditions of such shelters in Turkey. EPA/ERDEM SAHIN