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Turkey passes ‘massacre law’ to remove millions of free-roaming dogs
The country’s parliament has approved a controversial new law to round up millions of free-roaming dogs and put them into shelters, with animal lovers and the main opposition party seeking to fight the legislation.
Activists fight to stop the ‘massacre’ of four million free-roaming dogs in Turkey
A controversial new bill wants to confine millions of the country’s free-roaming dogs, alarming activists who fear the move will result in the widespread killing of the animals.
Former police officer jailed for illegal possession of critically endangered pangolins
Nearly six years after being caught illegally possessing 81 pangolins in Malaysia, a former police officer has received one of the longest prison sentences for a crime involving the world's most trafficked animal.