Turkmenistan eyes vet clinic:

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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 Turkmenistan reported Saturday that President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said “this work is necessary for educating the younger generation 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 Martial Arts Games, which the capital of Ashgabat hosted. (AP)