Midnight raid on Izmir Ege University... Approximately 200 dogs were collected and a brawl broke out on campus!

Nearly 200 dogs, under the care of students and the Ege University Animal Rights Society on the Izmir Ege University campus, were seized by riot police in a midnight raid.

While no information was given about where the dogs were taken, a fight broke out between the students who opposed the collection of the animals and the police.

Students and Animal Rights Society members who opposed the collection of dogs on campus tried to prevent the intervention. Academics who learned about the situation also came to the campus and joined the students' reaction.

The police intervened with pepper gas on students who opposed taking the animals.

"THE LIGHTS WERE DIMMED"

Students and animal lovers reacted to the municipality teams coming to the area accompanied by police and riot police teams and taking the dogs away.

An animal lover who spoke to Newspaper Yenigün and was in the area said that the lights were darkened and they did not know where the dogs were taken and used the following statements:

"The lights have been dimmed. We don't really know what's going on behind the scenes right now. Where are our children being gathered? Where are they being sent to die? The police are barricading us right now, they are using violence against us when we try to save them. Please take all the videos of this moment. All of these moments need to be exposed. Izmir Municipality needs to see this, too. And all the people of Izmir should be coming here right now."

"THEY TAKE THE DOGS BY HOLDING THEIR COLLARS"

Another citizen in the region said that the collection process started suddenly and students and academics gathered in the area.

Claiming that the dogs were taken by force and animal lovers were not allowed to intervene, the citizen reacted to what happened and said:

"Right now, all the students, all the teachers, everyone is here. They are forcibly taking the dogs out, holding them by the collar, and they do not allow us to take them. They dragged the students on the ground. We take care of our dogs here. They have been coming for months and suddenly at night, they line up in front of us, enter with their vehicles, and take the dogs out screaming."

CLAIM: "DORMITORIES WERE ENTERED"

Students staying in dormitories noted that dogs were collected not only from the campus area but also from inside the student dormitories.

It is not yet known to which shelter or facility the approximately 200 dogs, cared for by students and the animal rights community on campus, were taken. Uncertainty regarding the fate of the dogs continues.