Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Veterinary Affairs Department teams do not forget to feed the creatures living in the wild. The wild horses living in the Karboğazı area at the foothills of the Taurus Mountains were fed with meadow grass and barley brought by the Metropolitan teams.
When the grass was covered by snow, the Metropolitan Municipality came to the rescue of the horses
In addition to the animal shelters within its body, the Metropolitan teams also meet the nutritional needs of animals living on the streets with food and water support, and leave feed for the noble inhabitants of nature, the wild horses, at certain intervals.
The wild horses living in the Karboğazı area of the Tarsus district, one of the regions where winter is the harshest in Mersin, have difficulty finding food due to the decrease in grass and the vegetation being covered by snow with the winter season. The horses are fed thanks to the teams that bring them feed at certain intervals. The wild horses and foals that come in groups to eat the feed left at different points created beautiful images. The teams also left food for the wild dogs living in the region.
Ölmez: “We continue our services as the municipality of every living being”
Biologist Yılmaz Ölmez, who works at Tarsus Nature Park under the Veterinary Affairs Department, stated that they bring feed for the horses every year, “Mersin Karboğazı area is a summer and highland area. Stray dogs and wild horses live in this area. As every year, we come here this winter and feed our horses and wild dogs, supporting them to spend the winter comfortably.” dedicate.
Ölmez added that they brought the kind of food that both horses and dogs like, “We bring food to our dogs. We also bring foods that our horses can eat and like, such as meadow grass and barley. When the weather gets cold and snowy, we understand that they cannot reach their food sources and we come here to feed them. As our President Vahap Seçer said; we continue our services as the municipality of every living being.” she said.
