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

2025 KAPSA Calendar

Our annual calendar is now ready. Packed full of photos of the street animals, it's the loveliest way you can choose to help raise funds to keep them healthy and happy over the coming year.

Click here to read more and place your calendar order. What we do with the money raised.

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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.

Give a Dog a Bone Christmas 2024 Appeal

This year, 2024, everyone who donates to our December fund raiser will be 'sponsoring' a wooden dog bone Christmas Tree Decoration. As part of the thank you for your donation, you can nominate the name or names of your pets to be written on the bone before it is hung on the tree. All pets qualify, if you prefer to name your horse, hamster or hen, that's fine by us. This could be current pets, rainbow bridge pets, maybe the pet of a family member or friend. You can even choose to nominate a Kalkan Street dog or cat if you prefer. The Christmas Tree will be displayed in the Payava Hotel in Kalkan all through the festive period.

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, tic & 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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Fund Raising 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

Kalkan Kitten Steals Heart of Journalist Allison

Didi is a very lucky girl indeed. Born a street cat in Kalkan, she will soon be winging her way to a new life in the UK with Allison Pearson and her family. Allison, a journalist, fell head over heals in love with this gorgeous little lady during her KalkanRead More

Nancy – A Dumped Dog With Burns on Paws

NANCY – another dumped dog in Kalkan – with severe burns and needing veterinary care for this and other problems. At 6 am one morning recently while one of the KAPSA volunteers was walking her dogs, she noticed a small female dog in the bushes on some scrubland. SheRead More

Beautiful Rescue Dog – REHOMED!

Oscar is a 2 year old medium sized boy, who has already had several owners but through no fault of his own, or even the owners really, he needs a new, stable loving home asap. He was originally owned by an elderly Istanbul resident who was not coping with hisRead More

Gordon is a terrier type looking for a new adopted home of his own.

Let’s Get Gordon a Great Life -ADOPTED

GORDON isn’t a moron, he’s a small, sweet, happy chappy doggy in need of a home. Dog scanner says he is 60% Glen of Imaal Terrier!! Who are we to argue! However, whatever mix he is, suffice to say this lovely, rough-ish coated terrier type needs your help in findingRead More

three young dogs looking for forever home adopters

3 Young Dogs Looking for New Forever Homes

These 3 gorgeous, cuddly young dogs are looking for loving homes of their own, in Turkey or in the UK. They are all 6-7 months old and have been in foster care so are very used to people, confident, happy and affectionate. At this age, they all still have someRead More

Friendly Little Terrier Type Dog – ADOPTED

This lady now has home, thank you for your interest and please do continue to check back and consider supporting KAPSA’s work with a donation. This gorgeous little terrier type is looking for a loving home of her own in Turkey, UK or Europe. A few words about her fromRead More

Abandoned Puppy Needs a Home – ADOPTED

This dog now has a home, thank you for your interest and please do continue to check back and consider supporting KAPSA’s work with a donation. One of our supporters up in Uzumlu, Debbie, is currently looking after a young puppy found dumped on a road near her home. HereRead More