07.05.2025 16:21
After the Constitutional Court's General Assembly rejected the request to annul the Law on Amendments to the Animal Protection Law concerning stray animals, animal lovers who have been waiting at the Ahlatlıbel facilities across from the Court since the morning protested the decision.
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The Constitutional Court (AYM) General Assembly rejected the request for the annulment and suspension of the Animal Protection Law Amendment regarding stray animals.
It was learned that the High Court unanimously rejected the annulment request for some articles, while the annulment request for other articles was rejected by a majority vote.
WHAT DOES THE LAW INCLUDE?
The law regulates the collection of stray animals without distinction between cats and dogs, the keeping of stray or weakened dogs in shelters until they are adopted, the fact that local authorities will only rehabilitate street animals after taking them to shelters, and the procedures and principles regarding the killing and euthanasia of animals under certain conditions.
ANIMAL LOVERS PROTESTED
Following the Constitutional Court's rejection of the annulment request for the Law on the Amendment of the Animal Protection Law No. 7527, animal rights advocates waiting at the Ahlatlıbel facilities in front of the court since the morning reacted to the decision.
SCUFFLE OCCURRED
Police tried to prevent protesters from passing through the main protocol entrance of the Constitutional Court. Demonstrators, who were not allowed to cross to the opposite side of the road where the court is located, also wanted to block the road to traffic. Despite police intervention, a brief scuffle occurred between some demonstrators who managed to reach the main entrance of the Constitutional Court and the police.
THEY HELD A SIT-IN IN FRONT OF AYM
Some animal rights advocates were seen crying, while others protested the decision by chanting slogans. Animal rights advocates held a sit-in in front of the High Court for a while.
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