A presentation about importance and reasons of adopting our pets from streets rather than buying them from petshops.

2. Everyday we see cats and dogs
at the streets,
trying to find some food,
a safe place to sleep,
protecting their babies from
people or the other animals.
We call them:
STRAYS
They are the homeless animals
which are forced to live at streets
by humanbeings.
What had WE done?
• Made them domestic
• Destroyed their natural environment
• Abandoned them to streets.
That’s why, WE HAVE TO take some responsibilities by choosing our pets from
streets instead of pet stores.

3. WHERE DO WE GET OUR PETS FROM?
• Responsible Breeders
• Pet stores
•Streets / Shelters

4. RESPONSIBLE BREEDING
• BREEDING STANDARDS
 proper medical care from a
veterinarian
 clean and safe surroundings
 loved pets, treatened in a
human way
Akbaş Breeding Center, Sivrihisar, Turkey

5. PET STORE / PET SHOP REALITY
What is behind the scene?
“mass-production (puppy- kitten mills)” “storage”
No medical care
No food
No social life
No space
Even NO VOICE

6. PET STORE / PET SHOP REALITY
What is behind the scene?
Over-production

7. STREET ANIMALS – STRAY DOGS & CATS
Where they live?
•2,000 animals living in streets*.
•Streets
•Woods
•Shelters
* Source: “Turkey's Changemakers: Tolga Oztorun sheds light
on hardships faced by street animals.”http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/

8. STREET ANIMALS – STRAY DOGS & CATS
The danger they are faced with
•Illnesses
•Hunger/ Thirst
• Poisoning
• Traffic accidents
•Inhumanity
- mistreatment
Ezber Film – http://www.ezberfilm.com/

9. STREET ANIMALS – STRAY DOGS & CATS
Animal Welfare Associations & Volunteers
blog.myletsadopt.com
www.shkd.com
www.barinak.gen.tr
www.haytap.org

10. “The greatness of a nation and its moral
progress can be judged by the way its
animals are treated.”
Gandhi

11. STREET ANIMALS – STRAY DOGS & CATS
What is the solution?
• Do not abandon!
• Sterilizate, Vaccinate and Let them
live.
• Adopt!

12. STREET ANIMALS – STRAY DOGS & CATS
What is the solution?
• STERILIZATE, VACCINATE AND LET THEM LIVE
Sterilization: is an operation which renders
an animal unable to procreate
Vaccination: is the administration of
antigenic material to produce immunity to a
disease.
Source: “Derelict Dogs Educational Booklet”, SHKD

13. STREET ANIMALS – STRAY DOGS & CATS
The story of George
Adopted!

14. Adoption is a process whereby a
person assumes the parenting for
another who is not kin, in so doing,
permanently transfers all rights and
responsibilities from the original
parents.

16. Adopt your dogs and cats
from streets or shelters,
instead of buying them
from pet stores.
•Don’t pay
•Save a life