Turkmenistan has marked a new national holiday dedicated to its Alabai dog breed, to which its long-time leader has already erected a gilded monument and written an ode. President Gurbanguly ...

A dog working for Turkmenistan"s security services has won the country"s "most courageous dog of the year" contest, the latest in the ultra-closed state"s push to promote the national Alabai breed.

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First there was the man on his horse. Then came the man’s best friend. Turkmenistan leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has finally followed through on a promise to honor the nationally revered Alabai ...

President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov ordered the holiday praising the Alabai, the Central Asian shepherd dog, to be celebrated on the last Sunday of April. Turkmenistan's autocratic leader has ...

ASHGABAT -- Residents of the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, say municipal authorities have intensified a cruel campaign to cull stray dogs and cats -- and carelessly kill family pets in the process -- ...

Turkmenistan celebrated a new national holiday on Sunday that was dedicated to the Alabai dog breed, which is also referred to as the “wolf-crusher,” due to its strength. The dog breed, which is known ...

A huge gilded statue of an Alabai dog has been unveiled on a busy roundabout in the capital of Turkmenistan by the country's long-time leader. The Turkmenistan president has praised the breed as ...

Turkmenistan has dedicated statues and news coverage to the Alabai breed Police alabai shepherd dogs are seen riding in trucks during a military parade in central Ashgabat on September 27, 2019, on ...