W?il? T??k?? is kn?wn ??? its ?ic? ?ist??? ?n? vi???nt c?lt???, it ??s ?ls? ??c?m? ? ??? ??? ?nim?l ??sc?? ?????ts sinc? t?? ???l? 2000s. H?w?v??, ??c?nt ?v?nts ??v? t?k?n ? t??n ??? t?? w??s?, wit? T??kis? P??si??nt R?c?? T???i? E?????n w??in? w??t m?n? c?nsi??? t? ?? ? w?? ???inst t??s? inn?c?nt c???t???s.
P??si??nt E?????n’s ?nn??nc?m?nt ?? ? n?ti?nwi?? c?m??i?n t? c??t??? ?n? c?n?in? st???t ?nim?ls in ?v??c??w??? ?n? in??m?n? s??lt??s ?n D?c?m??? 25t? ??s c??s?? wi??s????? ??t???? ?n? ???? ?m?n? ?nim?l l?v??s. T?? iss?? ?? st???t ?nim?ls in T??k?? is c?m?l?x, wit? c?lt???l ?n? ??li?i??s ??ct??s in?l??ncin? t?? t???tm?nt ?? ???s. W?il? s?m? vi?w ???s ?s im???? ?nim?ls, ?t???s c???is? ?n? ???t?ct t??m ?s ??l?v?? c?m??ni?ns. St???t ???s in T??k?? ??t?n ??l? ?n t?? kin?n?ss ?? l?c?ls ??? ???? ?n? s??lt??, l???in? ???c??i??s liv?s. T?? ??c?nt c?m??i?n ???inst st???t ?nim?ls ??s c??s?? int?ns? ????t? in T??k??, wit? m??? ?n? m??? ???s ??in? c??t???? ?n? c?n?in?? t? s???li? s??lt??s w???? t??? ??c? ??n???, t?i?st, ?n? ????l? ?is??s?s. T??kis? ?nim?l l?v??s ??? t?kin? ?cti?n t? ???t?ct t??i? ????-l????? ??i?n?s ?? ?i?in? t??m ???m ??t???iti?s ?n? ???vi?in? ???? ?n? s??lt??. T?? ??v??nm?nt’s ??cisi?n t? c?n?in? ?nim?ls t? ?ns?nit??? s??lt??s ??s c??s?? imm?ns? s?????in? ?n? ???t? ??? c??ntl?ss inn?c?nt c???t???s.
Anim?l s??lt??s in T??k?? ??? s????s?? t? ???vi?? ? s??? ??v?n ??? v?ln????l? ?nim?ls, ??t ?n???t?n?t?l?, t?? ???lit? is ??? ???m i???l. T??s? ?st??lis?m?nts ??? ??t?n ?v??c??w??? ?n? ?n?????n???, l??vin? ?nim?ls in ?nim??in??l? ?l??k c?n?iti?ns. T??? ??? ??????ntl? c??in?? t? w?lls ?n? t???s, wit? littl? ???? ?? ?in?in? ? l?vin? ??m? ?? ??????m. S??ckin?l?, s?m? ?? t??s? s?-c?ll?? “??????s” ??? m??? lik? ???t? c?m?s, w???? ?nim?ls ??? s??j?ct?? t? ???t??? ??in ?n? s?????in?. T?? ?li??t ?? st???t ?nim?ls in T??k?? ?i??li??ts t?? ????nt n??? ??? ????t?? ?w???n?ss ?n? ?cti?n t? ???t?ct t??s? ????ns?l?ss c???t???s. As c?m??ssi?n?t? in?ivi???ls, w? m?st ??is? ??? v?ic?s ?n? s?????t t??s? w?? ??v?c?t? ??? c??n??, ??m?n?in? ?n ?n? t? t?? n???l?ss ???m in?lict?? ?n inn?c?nt ?nim?ls.
W? m?st s????? t?? w??? ????t t?? c????nt c?isis ??cin? st???t ?nim?ls in T??k?? ?n? ?x??s? t?? ?i???n ??????s t??t li? ???in? t?? c??nt??’s ????ti??l ??c???. It is ??? c?ll?ctiv? ??s??nsi?ilit? t? ??is? ?w???n?ss ?n? ??m?n? c??n??, s? w? c?n m?k? ? ?i?????nc? in t?? liv?s ?? t??s? v?ln????l? ?nim?ls. W? n??? t? w??k t?w???s ? ??t??? w???? c?m??ssi?n ?n? ?m??t?? t?i?m?? ?v?? c???lt? ?n? in?i?????nc?.
T?? st????l? ?? st???t ?nim?ls in T??k?? is ????t????kin?, ??min?in? ?s ?? ??? ??s??nsi?ilit? t? ???t?ct ?n? c??? ??? ?ll livin? ??in?s. W? s???l? c?mmit ???s?lv?s t? ?i??tin? ??? c??n?? ?n? ?ns??in? t??t ?v??? ?nim?l ??s t?? c??nc? t? liv? ? li?? ???? ???m ??in, ????, ?n? s?????in?. L?t ?s ?nit? ?s ? ?l???l c?mm?nit?, s??wіп? l?v? ?n? c?m??ssi?n ??? ?ll livin? ??in?s, ?n? w??kin? ti??l?ssl? t? c???t? ? kin???, m??? ?m??t??tic w??l?.