“It’s a dog’s life,” goes the old saying. But that’s no joke for the street dogs of Turkey, who sometimes have to go to extreme lengths to protect their own. One man, Turkish animal rescuer Yusuf Kılıçsarı, knows this better than most.
Stray dogs have become pretty amazing at taking care of themselves; that’s not surprising when you learn that there are approximately 2 million homeless dogs in Turkey, according to the European Society of Dog and Animal Welfare. Some are relinquished, and a small number are successfully adopted, but most have to work hard if they are going to make it on their own.
