Hayvanlara özgürlük!
Since these are “recommendations” to the Turkish Parliament at this stage, they haven’t been passed into law yet. That’s why we’ll have to keep fighting until the end, even more than we did in the past.
Dolphin Project’s Richard O’Barry, who previously organized a co-campaign with Freedom for Dolphins Platform (Yunuslara Özgürlük Platformu) in Turkey in 2012 to successfully shut down Kas Dolphin Park with local NGOs and the support of prominent authors/artists a year later, demanded from Turkish authorities to shut down and ban all dolphin parks and circuses in the country as “an affirmative example to the rest of the world”.
As part of the project, a dolphin park and zoo are planned to be opened in the marina area. The organizations that fight against dolphin parks are reacting strongly to this project.
Animal rights activists, with hand drums and cat and dog masks on their faces, staged a powerful two-day protest outside an international conference on dog population management in Istanbul, Turkey.
To ICAM: You are not wanted in İstanbul or in any city in Turkey. Because of the reasons mentioned above we are calling you to cancel the conference that you are planning to do on March 3rd to 5th.
Founded by Turkish actresses Özge Özder, Aslı Tandoğan and Ayça Varlıer, and supported by many member celebrities, Bana Göz Kulak Ol Association (BGKO) in Turkey released its second public awareness film to stand up to animal cruelty. This time they stepped up efforts to getting people to think about and act on the bitter truths behind the brutal fur industry.
The Groupon Turkey team published a letter on their social media feeds on June 26, 2014, apologizing from activists and announcing that they will not be doing business with dolphin parks and stop supporting animal captivity in dolphinariums from now on!
Founded by Turkish actresses Özge Özder, Aslı Tandoğan and Ayça Varlıer, and supported by many member celebrities, “Bana Göz Kulak Ol” Association (BGKO) in Turkey prepared its first public awareness film, together with PToT Filmes, to stand up to animal captivity: “Benim Bir Dostum Var” (meaning “I Have A Friend” in Turkish), which can be watched both on YouTube and Vimeo.
Born Free Foundation’ın resmi web sitesinden aldığımız bilgilere göre, 9 Mayıs 2012 tarihinde mavi sulara geri dönen Tom ve Misha, doğal yaşama ve özgürlüğe uyum sağlama yolunda başarıyla ilerliyor.
Tom ve Misha’nın esaret altındayken edindikleri alışkanlardan kurtulup doğaya yeniden uyum sağlamaları için 20 ay süren rehabilitasyon sürecini üstlenen Born Free ekibinin açıklaması, Tom ve Misha’nın doğal yaşamda hayatta kalabilmeleri çok önemli.