British couple adopts out stray dogs in Turkish city

A British couple who settled in the Didim district of Aydın province in 2007 after vacationing in Türkiye has treated around 200 ailing dogs over the past 17 years, adopting many of them out predominantly overseas, daily Hürriyet has reported.

Following their retirement, 66-year-old British teaching assistant Lynn Dulladge and her 72-year-old husband, Roy Allan Dulladge, a systems and network engineer, sold their house in London and moved to Türkiye to embark on a new chapter in their lives.

The couple, who live with seven dogs, numerous cats and a rabbit in their home at present, also founded an animal walking association, mostly made up of British people.

They expanded the animal shelter, comprising two blocks and a few paddock cottages, provided medical care for ailing dogs using their own resources, and transported the animals to loving new homes across Europe, especially in Britain.

"We've always had pets, but we didn't have enough time for them because we were constantly working in Britain. These days, however, we try to ensure the safety, care and survival of stray dogs," Lynn Dulladge told daily Hürriyet.

She further shared her desire to work with the government, the municipality or charitable organizations to build a living space for elderly or crippled stray dogs in the future.

Food waste may be converted into animal feed

Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç pointed out that, with the Turkish parliament approving a law requiring municipalities to collect stray dogs and house them in shelters for vaccination, neutering and spaying before adoption, turning food waste with high protein content into animal feed could help facilitate this process.

"Gathering food leftovers and turning them into...