I have just sent this message to the various groups that I thought it should be shared with and now I come to all of my friends and friends of friends with the same urgent plea for letters to be written. (and yes, I'm in the process of writing a petition for this one and will write to all of you when that is ready for signatures!)  I cannot attach the horrible pictures here, but if you think you need to see them, then write to me in
Network Messaging with your email address and I will email them to you.  WARNING: they are horrible.

The Action Alert:
From: Ozgun Ozturk
Date: 04/29/05 14:46:55
To: [email protected]  (weblebi.com)
Subject: the wolf had a hundred eyes...please crosspost widely
 
The wolf had a hundred eyes...

I guess, if I did not go mad tonight, I never will..

I guess, if my heart dealt with the enormous sorrow I felt tonight, it will deal with anything..

I have told you before, I'm telling you again: I do not wish to be called a human anymore. I refuse to be called a human.

Tonight, I have seen a torture with my very eyes. With these "human" eyes, I saw the torture the humans and their children did on a god's creature, known to be a "wild" wolf..

I saw a living being's eyes filled with fear.

I saw a piece of wood shoved in his mouth, and I saw him being tied up. I saw him tied to a chain from his hind leg, dragged on the ground.

I saw a bunch calling themselves "humans", pick the animal up from his ears triumphantly, and pose to the cameras.

I saw the blood pouring out from his mouth when they took the piece of wood out.

I saw the torture this creature went through, all because God created him as a wolf, and he was acting by his nature.

I saw a huge Anatolian shepherd dog released onto him to kill him.

I saw the humans poke him with sticks after he was ripped apart by the dog.

I saw the creature known as "humans" torturing a creature that was acting according to his nature. I saw the humans enjoying this very torture.

I was so afraid of what I saw tonight...

I was not afraid of the "wild" wolf one bit tonight...

I was so afraid of these humans, and their children tonight.

They were laughing, giggling, posing, enjoying...

The wolf, on the other hand, had his eyes wide open, looking at each and every one of them. The wolf was all eyes... As if the wolf became hundreds of eyes, and seeing everyone who was torturing him and enjoying it, as well as everyone watching him on their tv sets.

The wolf was seeing the whole world, and asking:

WHY?

I will never ever forget that wolf, his eyes and what he lived tonight.

I will also not forget the humans that called the tv and said "you are exaggarating, similar things are being to humans as well, who cares about a wolf?".

One day, when being a human or an animal will not matter, what will matter is helping an unfortunate being in need of a help, that will be the day when we will all truly become "human".

One day, when people ask for your help and you do not respond "I say humans first", at that exact moment, your heart will open its doors to a being in need of help, and you help this being even if it's an animal, that will be the moment when things will change.

One day, when being a human or animal does not matter, but you feel the pain the being goes through in your own body, when your body and your heart aches, that will be the day that you will understand what that wolf felt...

And I guess that day will be the day when your heart will become the wolf's heart, and your eyes will become the wolf's eyes... Then, you will ask the world: WHY?

Ozgun Ozturk

President of Izmir Dohayko  / Member of the Animal Welfare Counsel in the City of Izmir  / Member of Haytap  / Founding Member of the Stray Angels Association
[email protected]
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           Dear  Friends

We thank you for your love and attention to our poor wolf. According to the answer from the Malazgirt Municipality is:

The persons who totured the wolf named Ahmet Gürel, Halis Güvenir, Dinçer Yazýcý and Nimet Güvenir was punished to pay 278 YTL according to the animal protection bill law number 5199.

But this is nothing for the tortured wolf!

According to animal protection bill law number 5199:
Taking animals into care ARTICLE 24 �?Persons who act in breach of the provisions of this Law relating to animal welfare and who in this manner seriously neglect the animals in their care or cause them pain, suffering or damage will be banned from keeping animals by the supervisory authorities and the animals will be seized.  The said animals will be given to new owners or taken into care.
 
We have demanded legal action according to article 24 of law no. 5199 for those who have tortured Kurt and have only been  fined for this. We  have          demanded  that all animals that these people own should be confiscated and be kept under protection in accordance with article 24 of law no. 5199.  We have had no answer yet.

With my regards,

Ozgun Ozturk

SAMPLE LETTER YOU CAN WRITE:
(Cindy Minde wrote this excellent letter!)

To whom it may concern:

We want you to punish the people who tortured the
wolf on February 22nd 2005 in Malazgirt. This was a disgusting act of inhumane torture. They should be held accountable for their actions. This wolf did not deserve this kind of induring pain, suffering or
humiliation. These animals are living, breathing creatures same as man. They deserve to be treated
with respect and dignity. Insuring this type of
pain and suffering just shows that these people would do this to any living creature human or animal. There was no remorse just laughter as this wolf suffered. This is inconceivable and should be taken in the up
most urgency. I do hope you will see that this is to never happen again.

According to Turkish animal protection bill laws 24’th article. These people are named Ahmet Gurel, Halis Guvenir, Dincer Yazici and Nimet Guvenir.
Please ban them from keeping animals, seize the
animals and take their animals into protection in accordance with article 24 of law no. 5199.

Taking animals into care ARTICLE 24 �?Persons who act in breach of the provisions of this Law relating to animal welfare and who in this manner seriously neglect the animals in their care or cause them pain,
suffering or damage will be banned from keeping
animals by the supervisory authorities and the animals will be seized. The said animals will be given to new owners or taken into care.

Best regards,
(Your Name)
(Your Org.- if there is one)
(Your address)

 

WHO TO SEND THIS LETTER TO:
TO:

[email protected] ; [email protected]

CC:

[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];  [email protected] ; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];  [email protected]; [email protected]; '[email protected]'; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];[email protected];

NOTICE:  Some of these addresses are coming back
as undeliverable.  I'm sorry about that, I received
this action alert from a number of my yahoo rescue groups!

Regards and Much Thanks to All,
Carolyn Mullin
No More Homeless Animals
http://www.nomorehomelessanimals.org