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According to the latest data announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, the number of stray animals in Turkey has approached 10 million. According to the statement made by the Veterinary Services Directorate of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, it is thought that there are 128 thousand stray dogs and 162 thousand cats in Istanbul alone. Stray animals have to fight harder to survive when harsh winter conditions come.

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ISTANBUL (TR) - Citizens, NGOs, municipalities and companies come together in various social responsibility projects in order to provide comfortable conditions for stray animals who have difficulty in finding warmth and food in cold winter days. A new similar project was implemented by Ataşehir Municipality Social Services Directorate and Asortie Furniture last week. Expressing that they are happy to take part in the project and support stray animals, Murat Erat, Chairman of the Board of Asortie Furniture, said: “We provided 50 cat houses and shared them with Ataşehir Municipality, which draws attention with its social responsibility projects, to take part in this meaningful project. We would like to thank Ataşehir Municipality for their careful work for animals living on the street and for including us in this project.”

“We aim to make our world more livable by working together”

Emphasizing that they will try to stand by all municipalities in Turkey without any discrimination or condition in their social responsibility projects, Murat Erat continued: “We will continue this process, which we started with cat houses, by adding dog and bird houses before the winter months, without breaking our tradition that we have been maintaining for years. Soon we will carry out environmental cleaning works and distribute food to stray animals. Together, we can make our world more livable.