This week’s animal welfare bulletin brings together reports from multiple countries, revealing a consistent pattern across systems.
In Turkey, large-scale dog removals continue without transparent data, while an illegal horse slaughter operation uncovered in Çatalca raises serious questions about oversight and enforcement.
In the United Kingdom, dog control policies and enforcement powers remain under scrutiny, alongside ongoing welfare cases and arrests linked to dangerous dogs.
Globally, responses continue to be driven by crisis.
From culling pressure following disease concerns in Pakistan, to reactive shelter expansion in India, disease-related intake suspensions in the United States, and large-scale welfare seizures in Romania.
Across each case, the same themes emerge.
Enforcement without prevention. Capacity without transparency.
And systems responding only after harm has already occurred.
