KAPSA - The Charity for Street Animals in Kalkan

KAPSA are a small charity, based in Kalkan on the southwest coast of Turkey caring for the health and welfare of the local Street Dogs & Cats, and in the UK to assist with fundraising & some limited animal rehoming.

What are our aims? The work we do in Kalkan

Daisy waiting to be spayed

Just one of the many animals we help lead a better life through our spaying and neutering programme

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KAPSA

Kalkan Association for the Protection of Street Animals

We are a group of like-minded volunteers who care deeply about the health and well being of Kalkan’s street animals and wish to promote informed and compassionate action to improve the living conditions of all Kalkan’s animals.

Winter Feeding Programme

£5-£15 will help by a bag of food this winter.... please dig deep and help our furry friends. This winter, the street cats and dogs of Kalkan face their toughest challenge yet. As temperatures drop and tourist activity slows, their natural food sources vanish, leaving them exposed to the cold and hunger. They are relying on us—their community—to survive the long, harsh months ahead.

Kapsa in Action

KAPSA works within the boundaries and guidelines of the Turkish law. We try to increase local awareness of, and compassion for the plight of the street animals, and to inspire and engage more local people to take part in, or at least understand our work. To do this our approach must be both innovative and culturally sensitive.

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Adoption

We have dozens of cats and dogs in Kalkan that need good homes. Despite the work we do in the community to educate people about responsible ownership, we still get many dogs and cats dumped in Kalkan each year. If you would like to give an animal a home, have a look at our adoption pages, maybe you can find the perfect dog or cat for your home.

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Donate

We rely totally on donations to fund our work with Kalkan street animals, which is why we have a number of ways for you to donate as well as various sponsorship programs. Donations of flea, tick & worming treatments, collars & leads and other practical items are very welcome, as are items for stalls & raffles at our various fetes.

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Fundraising Campaigns

You can view all our current ways to help us raise money for KAPSA’s work here online. Whether it is donating to a specific cause, a general donation or grabbing yourself some fabulous goodies in our shopping area. Just click the red button for the link to the campaign thatRead More

Name the Dog Lotto

Every couple of months our volunteer, Michelle Farley, hosts a name the dog lotto to help raise funds to help the street animals. A pre-printed card, with 45 dogs names, is put on our KAPSA Auction & Selling Facebook page. People pay a donation of £5 to choose a dogRead More

KAPSA Click & Collect

KAPSA CLICK AND COLLECT. Our click and collect fundraising scheme is designed to ensure that KAPSA could continue to receive local donations, in as safe a way as possible, with the local community benefitting from a chance to get clothes and household items, in return for small donations, at aRead More

KAPSA & Animal Welfare Education

Over the years, KAPSA volunteers have worked incredibly hard in the field of education. As a charity, two of our stated aims are: To work with the local community to show the importance of having owned animals neutered. To offer free sterilisation for animals in under privileged households. To improveRead More

New Range – KAPSA Aromatherapy Soaps

Aromatherapy Soaps Featuring Your Favourite Street Animals We are really excited to launch our new range of Aromatherapy Soap Slices, created to raise money for the street dogs and cats of Kalkan. Six special fragrances have been chosen and each features a Kalkan street animal on the packaging. Strawberry DreamsRead More

Kapsa HQ & What We Do

The work KAPSA do in Kalkan and the surrounding villages is known by a lot of people, but as a tourist destination for European and Turkish people, there are always new visitors who are unaware. To explain just a little about the work, we have created pdf documents, in bothRead More

Adoption of Kalkan Animals Abroad

If you have spent time in Kalkan, the chances are you have met with some of the streets dogs and cats of the town and you may even have fallen just a little in love with one or more of them.

Friends of KAPSA (UK) is officially a UK Registered Charity

Friends of KAPSA (UK) is registered as a UK charity. Number: 1169281 We are delighted that there is a UK presence, supporting the work we do in Turkey. The charity operates from the UK and isrun by dedicated volunteers, with a separate board of Trustees to the Turkish charity, althoughRead More