Dog breed

A facility in the northwestern city of Bursa's Karacabey district has been preserving the genetic material of Kangal and Akbaş Turkish shepherd dogs, breeding and selling purebred dogs since 1996.

The General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises' (TİGEM) facility welcomes around 200 puppies annually, with over 6,000 Turkish shepherd dogs sold over the past 28 years.

Around 200 individuals who wish to adopt special Turkish dog breeds raised by the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry in the northwestern province of Bursa are queued to wait for six months.

Dingoes might look like regular mutts, but in fact, they're genetically in between wolves and dogs, according to a new study published on April 22 in Science Advances.

The species, revered in Aboriginal culture but the bane of modern ranchers,- has been Australia's top predator since the extinction of Tasmanian tigers last century.

Guregh, a special breed of shepherd dogs locally known as "Kurtboğan" due to their strong and large size, are bred in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa and have become popular after winning awards in competitions held nationally in recent years.

People wait for months to buy Turkish shepherd dogs being bred in the country's northwestern Bursa and eastern Sivas provinces.

The popularity of the Turkish native shepherd dog breed called ?Akba?? has increased, said president of the Akba? Shepherd Dog Conservation and Research Association (AKAD) Erhan Ulutürk, adding that the waiting list for buying an Akba? was at least five months.