Çeşme Municipality provides veterinary clinic services for stray Çeşme cats & dogs living in the district. The clinic and animal transport vehicle provide emergency response, vaccination, neutering and treatment services to animals living on the streets. The service treated approximately 10,000 Çeşme cats & dogs in 2023.
Veterinarian İsmail Ekmekçioğlu Street Animal Clinic was established to provide treatment for stray animals living in Çeşme; it has two veterinarians, two technicians, one animal transport vehicle, an operating room, an examination room, a laboratory, and an x-ray machine.
The municipality aims to protect animals’ right to life and provide them with a better-equipped shelter to live in better conditions. With the veterinary clinic and transport vehicle opened in Ilıca, they identify animals living on the streets who are weak and need treatment and treat them in our rehabilitation centre. In addition to vaccination and treatment services for stray animals, they are also sterilised and released back into their natural habitats.