ANKARA: An animal lover in Türkiye, inspired by her paralyzed father, has built a train out of plastic barrels to give daily rides to the disabled dogs at a shelter outside the country’s capital Ankara.
Buket Ozgunlu, chairwoman of the Association of Paws Holding onto Life, has attached makeshift dog wagons to an all-terrain vehicle to take dogs out every day. She believes that, like people, the dogs need a change of scene and, if they cannot walk, a drive will have to do.
“This is how the idea for the train came up: my father is also paralyzed and disabled. We felt the need to take him out (by car) and make him walk,” Ozgunlu said.
“Then, I said our kids (the dogs) do not see anything, they must want this too because the ones who are disabled are more traumatized, they feel a different intensity of emotions.”
She said the shelter houses 560 dogs rescued from the streets, including 300 who have suffered physically.
“I can say we took all of them from the arms of death,” she said.
Ozgunlu and other shelter workers have painted the plastic barrels in bright colors and plan to add a tarpaulin to provide shade for the dogs to ensure a first-class ride.
Turkiye’s woof express takes disabled dogs on a daily ride
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Turkiye’s woof express takes disabled dogs on a daily ride
- Buket Ozgunlu, chairwoman of the Association of Paws Holding onto Life, has attached makeshift dog wagons to an all-terrain vehicle to take dogs out every day
- The shelter houses 560 dogs rescued from the streets
Syrian government foils Daesh plot to attack churches and New Year celebrations
- Bomber kills soldier in Aleppo, detonates explosives injuring 2 others
ALEPPO, DAMASCUS: The Syrian Interior Ministry announced on Thursday that it had thwarted a Daesh plot to carry out suicide attacks targeting New Year celebrations and churches, particularly in Aleppo.
The ministry said in a statement that, as part of ongoing counterterrorism efforts and careful monitoring of Daesh cells in cooperation with partner agencies, it had received intelligence indicating plans for suicide attacks targeting New Year celebrations in several provinces, particularly Aleppo, with a focus on churches and civilian gathering areas.
The ministry added that it took preemptive measures, including reinforcing security around churches, deploying mobile and fixed patrols, and setting up checkpoints across the city.
During operations at a checkpoint in Aleppo’s Bab Al-Faraj district, security forces intercepted a suspected Daesh member who opened fire. One internal security soldier was killed, and the attacker detonated explosives, injuring two others.
Daesh recently increased its attacks in Syria, and was blamed for an attack last month in Palmyra that killed three Americans.
On Dec. 13, two US soldiers and an American civilian were killed in an attack Washington blamed on a lone Daesh gunman in Palmyra.
In retaliation, American forces struck scores of Daesh targets in Syria.
Syrian authorities have also carried out several operations against Daesh since then, saying on Dec. 25 they had killed a senior leader of the group.
