Dog meat

A 62-year-old man was arrested and slapped with a 30,000 euro fine on the Ionian island of Corfu for chaining his dog to an electricity pole and dousing it with gas to get rid of its fleas.

According to local reports, the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon in the area of Solari. The dog was released after the incident was reported to police by residents.

A shelter for stray dogs operating in the eastern Turkish province of Kars has drawn the ire of animal rights activists, who likened the premises to a death camp. Click through for the story in photos...

There are a number of examples that prove that human cruelty sometimes has no limits. This is the case of the dog Rex. When the dog was taken to a veterinary clinic in Volgograd in Russia, doctors thought he would not survive long.

Each school in the Black Sea province of Trabzon's Ortahisar district will receive a stray dog along with a kennel as part of a project attempting to teach children compassion from an early age. Both school personnel and children will be responsible for taking care of the dogs, Demirören News Agency reported on June 27.

A South Korean city court has outlawed the killing of dogs for meat, in a potentially landmark ruling that animal rights activists said Thursday could pave the way for making canine eating illegal.

The meat has long been a part of South Korean cuisine, with about one million dogs believed to be eaten annually.

A South Korean court has ruled the killing of dogs for meat is illegal, in a landmark decision that animal rights activists said on June 21 could pave the way to outlawing eating canines.

A man in Istanbul was detained on June 17 after he was caught on a security camera kicking a stray dog, days after the horrible killing of a puppy caused outrage in Turkey.

A Turkish dog famed for its shepherding skills and people-friendliness is now making its mark all over the globe, said a breeder of canines on June 4.

A toddler was severely bitten by a domestic dog, police said. The signal for the incident in the yard of a house in the village of Krumovo was filed at 5.00 pm on Monday at Fifth District Administration.

Two police officers were praised for recognizing a dangerous situation and carrying a stray dog across the street in the southern Mediterranean province of Antalya on May 11.