This article really isn’t capturing the full scope of the problem. It talks about the inhumane conditions in the shelters, but what it’s not talking about is the inhumane conditions outside of the shelters. Turkey has a domestic feral dog problem. And if you’re picturing the typical short curly haired street dog found that most of the world you’re wrong. These are typically golden retrievers.
The people saying all that’s needed is a little bit of sterilization are probably wrong. That’s still 4 million ish golden retrievers roaming the streets. No amount of sterilization is going to fix that. Even attempting it is going to result in the same inhumane conditions they are complaining about at the shelters. And then after that trauma the dogs would be right back on the street, aka more yet trauma.
Because these are golden retrievers, there is a network getting these dogs to America for adoption. But America doesn’t need a million more golden retrievers. We already have too many because we have our own issues with not fixing our damn pets.
I feel like this article was pretty lazy and didn’t give nearly enough depth on the situation.