The Havrita application, which has been mixing social media for a few days, has come to the fore again today. The application, which shows the location of stray dogs on the map, garnered a great reaction on the grounds that it caused animals to be poisoned and killed by malicious people.
After these allegations, the first statement came from the Havrita application, which has been receiving intense reactions for days. However, this was not the only development. Istanbul Bar Association also took action regarding the said application.
Criminal complaint from Istanbul Bar Association
According to the news penned by Seda Çakır from the Decision Newspaper, the Havrita application, which caused a great reaction and controversy in the social media, activated the Istanbul Bar Association. After the complaints and allegations, the Istanbul Bar Association is preparing to file a criminal complaint about the Havrita application.
In a statement from the Istanbul Bar Association, it was reported that there were poisoned dogs in the areas that started to be marked on the map in Antalya. Attorney Gülsaniye Emekçi, Head of the Bar Association’s Animal Rights Commission, said: “This is a crime that also threatens the public and human health. Not only animals but also animal lovers become targets. When these markings are made, there are people who go to protect those animals. This brings with it some conflicts. Necessary interventions should be made as soon as possible.”
The first statement about the allegations came from Havrita
Making a statement as the spokesperson of the Havrita application, Attorney Devrim Koçak stated in his statement that the application was not established for the purpose of “Dogs are shown here, go and cause harm” and that it does not serve such a mission. Koçak said that since it started to be talked about on social media, there has been a great increase in the number of visitors to the application as a result of the lynching campaigns, and that approximately 4 thousand people entered the application within 1 hour.
Koçak continued his statements by saying, “If a addict wants to harm a dog, he does not say ‘Let me look at the map’”.
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