TURKMENISTAN VIEWS ANIMALS

TURKMENISTAN to open vet clinic despite harsh animal views.

The president of Turkmenistan, a country criticized for allegedly exterminating stray dogs and cats, has ordered the establishment of a national veterinary clinic for domestic animals.

The government  newspaper Neitralny Turrkmenistan reported  Saturday Saturday that President Gurbanguly Bendymukhamedov said ''this work is necessary for educating the younger generations in the spirit of mercy and humanism.''

In 2017, activists protested what they described as a brutal campaign to slaughter homeless animals ahead of the Asian Indoor and Marital Arts Games, which the capital of Ashgahat hosted [Agencies]