Decision on the Establishment of the Trabzon Province Stray Animal Protection Union for the Control, Sheltering, Supervision and Care of Stray Animals (Decision No: 11112)

Decision No. 11112, dated March 27, 2026, establishes the Trabzon Province Stray Animal Protection Union (Trabzon İli Sahipsiz Hayvanları Koruma Birliği) as a formal administrative body. This union is created under Turkish local administration law to coordinate the management of stray animals across the Trabzon province, consolidating responsibilities that were previously fragmented among individual municipalities. The union's mandate covers the full lifecycle of stray animal management: capturing and controlling stray animals on public streets, providing sheltering facilities, ensuring ongoing veterinary supervision, and delivering daily care including feeding and health monitoring. The establishment of a dedicated union signals a shift from ad hoc municipal responses to a structured, province-wide institutional framework. By pooling resources and authority from multiple local governments within Trabzon, the union aims to achieve more consistent enforcement of animal welfare standards, reduce the stray animal population through coordinated sterilization and adoption programs, and ensure compliance with Turkey's animal protection legislation. The decision reflects broader national efforts to address the stray animal issue following recent legislative amendments to animal protection laws in Turkey.

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