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Some of the best herd-protecting animals in the world, Turkey's giant Kangal breed dogs have been protecting the cattle in farms across the United States for years.

The police in Pernik detained a man on suspicion that he did not take sufficient care of his dogs, after 14 of them were found dead, the BNR reported.

Turkish defense companies successfully test-fired its domestically produced HİSAR-A missile on Feb. 1 in the Central Anatolian province of Aksaray.

The best herd-protecting dogs in the world are Kangals, Aksaray Malaklisis, Anadolu bandogs and Anadolu whiteheads, all of which are found in Turkey, according to a Turkish dog breeder.

A 49-year-old woman was hospitalized on Wednesday after she was mauled by two dogs in the town of Kalamata in the Peloponnese.

According to local reports, the woman was attacked by the two cane corso dogs, which had managed to get through the gate of their owners' yard, while she was walking along a street near the town center.

A program for breeding and protecting the Greek Sheepdog by the Arcturos wildlife and nature conservation society has been a resounding success, and, according to its press secretary, Panos Stefanou, "there are farmers who will wait for more than two years to get a puppy."

A group of six new-born puppies known as "Malaklı" has left visitors in admiration in the central Anatolian province of Aksaray. 

Fatih Dağdaş, the breeder of the Bandogs, said the puppies were born 15 days ago, noting that they need special care particularly in the winter.

The funeral of the 5-year-old boy who was killed in Kozani, when he was attacked by two Rottweilers on Easter Sunday, was held on Tuesday morning at the cemetery of Aghios Georgios in Kozani.

A prosecutor in the northern city of Kozani on Tuesday charged the 72-year-old owner of two Rottweilers, which attacked and killed a 5-year-old boy on Easter Sunday, with manslaughter through neglect and ordered his release from custody pending his trial.

The 72-year-old owner of a Rottweiler which bit a a five-year-old boy in Kozani on Easter Sunday, leaving him with injuries that proved to be fatal, was to face a prosecutor in the northern city on Monday.

The boy had been celebrating on Easter Sunday along with his family when the dog, a family pet, attacked him for reasons that remained unclear, biting his face.