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Paws of Hope Rescue Turkey team

Paws of Hope Rescue Turkey is a Swiss registered, volunteer-run animal rescue operating in Istanbul.

Their services include; rescue operations, medical care and rehabilitation, adoption services, travel and relocation assistance, support for adopters, and temporary foster/boarding.

Photo of Paws of Hope Rescue Turkey shelter

Turkey’s so-called “Massacre Law”

This 2024 law has put millions of strays at risk. It requires already overcrowded and underfunded shelters in Turkey to collect stray animals for vaccination, sterilization, and adoption.

In reality, rather than strengthening sterilization and vaccination efforts, it has led to mass collection, overcrowded shelters, neglect, and the killing of healthy individuals.

The anti-stray rhetoric that accompanied this legislation has also fueled an increase in the mistreatment and abuse of strays.

In response, Paws of Hope Rescue Turkey are dedicated to rescuing cats and dogs through rehabilitation and adoption, ensuring they find loving homes abroad.

Protest in Turkey, AFP via Getty Image

A second chance for Hope

Hope, once a affectionate neighborhood cat, was brutally tortured by a group of adults and left to die before the Paws of Hope Rescue Turkey team saved him and gave him a second chance. He fought to live while enduring unimaginable pain. After six long surgeries and months of recovery, he has become a symbol of resilience.

Today, he is living his best life with a loving family in Germany.

Photos of Hope during his veterinary treatment

Looking for a new location

They need your help.

The building of the rescue is being demolished, and they urgently need to relocate 123 cats and dogs to safety.

If you know of a location listing in Istanbul, on the Anatolian side, contact them directly.

Otherwise, every share, donation, wishlist item, foster, adoption, and new supporter brings them one step closer to keeping the cats and dogs safe.