Here is a picture of Fato?, the dog viciously attacked at Soyak Olympiakent.
Fato? story reminds us in a way to the one of Ebru, the dog that for over a decade lived in front of the Marmara Hotel.
Fato? has been living at the site for more than seven years, before the development was built. During all this time she has lived a peaceful life, loved by many, ignored by all others, but never causing any trouble to anybody.
Yesterday Fato? was viciously attacked with the acquiescence of the Soyak Olympiakent administration. One of its members, Ahmet Kaya, has time and again tried to have Fato? removed from the site.
We do not know what kind of thoughts lexapro generic xanax circulate inside Mr. Kaya’s head, we don’t know why Mr. Kaya will make his mission to eliminate a defenseless animal.
There is no way for us to know that.
But what we know is that from today Fato? has become a celebrity, a symbol. Much in the same way Ebru was a symbol of tolerance and coexistence, loved and cherished by everyone, Fato? is now a symbol of resistance against injustice and brutality, and from today she has become the most famous resident of Soyak Olympiakent.
Fato? is now a hero, a symbol.
We are confident Mr. Kaya will never again try to initiate anything against this innocent animal.
You dont kill symbols, Mr. Kaya. You protect them.
Viktor Larkhill
How could anyone hurt such a beautiful animal? She looks very gentle and friendly. Someone should take electric to the one who did this to her!
Awwww poor baby, look at the way she is looking at us 🙁 I can see that she is still in shock and fear, not understanding why people would do this to her 🙁
Ivan;
If you can supply this guy’s detailed adress to me, Me and my motorcycle club would be able to give him a ”small” warning. Sometimes these kind of people need to be touched by a higher force.
The dog is still alive, I thought it had been killed? Why doesn’t someone allow the dog to live in their home with them, if they love the dog so much. Poor dog, all it wants is some food, water and a warm place to lay its little sweet head. Surely someone can do this for poor Fatos, the beautiful Turkish dog. Seeing Fatos is now a celebrity, surely she should be given a life fit for a “celebrity” – spoilt, pampered and in the daily newspapers. Way to go Fatos, my darling Turkish dog. You SOOO deserve BETTER.
How can you be sure that Fatoş is safe now?
What an outrage.This “man” is mentally unbalanced and cruel to attack an innocent animal.Poor Fatos,may her remaining time on this Earth be peaceful and pain free.Poor baby,must be so scared and confused.This is just so wrong.How anyone can intentionally harm an animal is beyond comprehension to me.
Ooh poor thing! I hope she’ll find a nice place to live with a nice family that will give her lots of love and cuddles!
Dear Susan,
I read your comment.
You perhaps might not know, but Turkey has a very high population of stray dogs. This is an important problem and controlling this population is a major concern.
However, neither Let’s Adopt or I think that every stray animal should be homed. This is not only physically impossible, also unnecessary.
Fatoş has been pampered and spoilt for seven years (and that’s why she was so shocked because of the attack) by very good care takers, and she will live in safety for long years — thanks to your reaction to the attacker and the compound administration who seem to be behind this.
She has a cool dog house, more food than she wants, and good care takers who are on it. In fact, the witness himself found the care taker and informed the dog was attacked.
We have dogs on the streets who are 13 or 15 years old. What we need to do is fight animal cruelty, protect our dogs on the streets who can have long and happy lives and focus on homing animals who are disabled or whom we are unable to protect.
Thanks to Let’s Adopt!’s campagin the Olympiakent Administration and the attacker now understand that they can’t touch any stray dogs as all of them are actually OWNED by hundreds like you. Thank you very much for your mails, calls to Soyak, they have all been very helpful.
Exactly Baris…
Neuter and Return is the only solution to the stray dog problem.
In any case let’s keep a close eye on the matter.. send us more pics… let’s keep the world informed ..
But Ivan, I agree with other friend, we have to make sure that sweat heart is safe there. If he is attacked by that jerk after 7 years of resedensy there is no garrantie that she want be attacked again.
Suna… she is safe now… they wouldn’t DARE touching her, she is the most famous dog in Istanbul now.
I would not have any problem at all teaching Mr. Kaya a lesson! In fact I think I’d like to have him over, for a while,…..he can stay in my garage while we learn all about the effects of electricity! And other wonders of science!
Dear Viktor,
I read Baris’ response about adoption of Fatos and although I do understand, if this situation should change in the future on adopting her, please contact me.
My heart, prayers & support go out to all the animals you help/rescue, but something about Fatos deeply touched me. I will continue to send her love & reiki healing but the opportunity to give her a loving home would be a true gift straight from heaven…
Dear Mar..
The situation can change anytime… and yes.. if there is a good home for her we will be glad to send her…
would you be interested in adopting Fatos?
To Dear Animal Lovers, please read carefully;
As we know, whatever the system of government has been, Turkey gets along well with capitalism for decades. Our country has been really unique throughout history. Warfare, patriarchal society and martial structure of this community made it impossible for this country to speak, discuss and defence about rights in terms of human and animal rights. From a modern perspective (the word ‘modern’ here referring as ‘today’), the situation about animal welfare is always ignored due to consuming and polluting habits of people. Besides being selfish is another pathetic fact rather than being a nationalist or a racist. Among those facts being selfish is the most appropriate word to defind human’s nature. We did things because we want them to be happen or ‘be’ how or whatever we want. To think about ourselves and our emotions also is another fact that ‘ignores’ others including animals, plants and humanbeing. On the contrast of the article above , our animal love is also based on being selfish. Let me explain thisto you;
Conscious with the facts i wrote above, the laws and sanctions has never made a single contribution for the existance and living rights of animals and plants in this country which is basically inhaling, exhailing, sleeping, feeding, moving. This problem can be worldwide in you want to see the biggest Picture but since the Turkey is the issue, we have to look at ourselves first. (from inner and outer)
It is a very common fact that, after the retirement of oneself in Turkey, we want to make a good life with buying a house in a place which is usually part of a house project. (imagine all these residences which is usually far away from downtown) It is obvious that people want to make a further living but the general idea here is ‘ i worked for years, now i just want to relax and for godsake someone STOP that animal barking’’!!!! Actually this is just one of the basic facts why we dont want animals around. The system makes people such paranoids that they can’t stand anything that disturbs them including animals , they just loathe and show no any single tolarance. I gave this just as an example in order to make you understand, how a middle class, avarage person reacts when the subject is animals and his/her comfort. It is this ignorance that make people selfish and unaware of what is going on around, unless you are not raping or torturing animals, you are basically this , yes that is what you are! Later, it is the perception that, for someone paying for an animal is an extra and they can’t able to take care or look after them and again ignore to feed them. (I know this is a kind of generalization and there ar efor sure exceptions but we need to generalise things in order to understand what they are, because this is how human mind Works)
Well, now i want to say a few things about Viktor’s article; animal nationalism as a term can be observed, let’s be agree with that. It is another evolutionary fact that human behaviour can include all the contrast and different conceptions mind. Nationalism and animal love together? Well even social anthropologists can observe various contrast behaviours in a primitive tribe. This is scientifically possible.But there is something that we must difer from each other. As a veterinary, i want to give an example about a dog named as 2fatoş2 in front of Marmara Hotel. I guess we mostly know the Marmara Hotel in Taksim, İstanbul. There is a dog always standing and walking around that environ of the Hotel. She becomes a symbol like Ebru (the previous dog which has been killed??or died a year ago). Fatoş is always there and have the attraction of people and love. She is 8 years old and is a street dog. She watches ppl with her eyes and completelly aware what is going on there i am sure. One of foreign friend from Canada came Turkey for visiting me. She just fell in love with that dog and told me that she is gonna transfer it to Canada. She insisted on that. Personally as a veterinary i am completely disagree with her because of my education and background not because of that i am a nationalist or suffering from Xenophobia! First of all what kind of a system is it that can allow a someone to transfer a dog to Canada, taken apart from her own environemnt and echology and brought to a place which has minus 10-15 celcus degree as a weather condition. The dog has already accustomed to live in a fenotype suitable for her post structure. She can’t survive there if she can’t sleep with her owner in her bed!and how can someone guaranty to watch over and check it! Besides my friend has another dog which creates a doubtful situation for the new comer. Transfering a relatively old dog to a country like Canada, with a journey of 2 days and given antibiotics 498 mg each they for making her journey relatively ‘comfortable’. Not speaking for my friend but how should we know if that dog is not gonna be beaten or how can you assure me from that any harmless attempt will not be made to this dog. My friend doesn’t care about the conditions of this transfer or the true environment of this old animal . This old animal is not bound to that hotel, but she created her own environment and situation there. We need to think about in what conditions those animals can live or in what kind of ecologies they can survive. This is scientific and on the contrast of the article above, as a veterinary this explanation is based on scientific research. Besides, i am against the transfer, this doesn’t make me a foreigner enemy or a nationalistic. But this is what i become so because my friend insulted me for being nationalistic and send me this article. I felt responsible to write about it and apart from being nationalistic and racist or whatever, first you need to learn not becoming selfish and thing about other’ needs, you need to consider scientific conclusions about animal life. It is not only giving about love. It is about empathy and checking yourself.
in my previous article, i mistakely
wrote fatoş for being in taksim, she is in olympia kent
sorry for this fault, i correct
Utku… fyi.. Fatos is NOT loved.. she barely survived electrocution…
Anyway…
It is sure that she is a symbol now and her story hopefully making animal cruelty less in that region.
Anyone who hurts an animal should be shot and pissed on. In my opinion they are a waste of Oxygen! I hate any person who is cruel to animals.