1 million signatures for animal rights are brought to the Parliament

The number of signatures in the "We Want a Law That Keeps Alive" campaign launched against the regulation regarding stray animals that will come into force in August 2024 has exceeded 1 million.

The campaign launched by the We Will Keep You Alive Platform on Change.org reached 1 million 108 thousand signatures in a short time, becoming the platform's 4th campaign in the history of Türkiye to exceed 1 million signatures.

“STRAIN-VACCINE-KEEP LIVING IN PLACE” REQUEST

In the campaign, while drawing attention to the practices towards animals living on the streets, it was requested that the current regulation be changed.

The platform advocated the "neuter-vaccinate-keep alive" approach as a solution and called for a new legal regulation based on the right to life of animals.

In the campaign text, it was requested to implement policies that would ensure that animals living on the streets live on-site rather than being collected.

CALL FOR SIGNATURES IN KADIKÖY

In order to support the campaign, an event was held in front of Kadıköy Süreyya Opera on Sunday, November 1.

Animal rights defenders came together with the call of the We Will Keep Alive Platform and collected signatures for the "We Want a Law That Keeps Alive" campaign.

In the press release made after the event, it was emphasized that the right to life of animals living on the streets should be protected.

In the statement, it was argued that collecting animals is not a way to make the streets safe and demanded equal right to life for all animals.

OVER 1 MILLION SIGNATURES WILL GO TO THE GNAT

The platform aims to deliver the signatures collected in the campaign to decision makers.

More than 1 million 108 thousand signatures are planned to be delivered to the Turkish Grand National Assembly in November.

The platform will request that the current regulation regarding animals living on the streets be changed and a new regulation, which they call the "Law That Keeps Alive", be put on the agenda through an application to the Turkish Grand National Assembly.