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.

The country’s president has also erected a gold statue and dedicated an ode to the Alabai dog breed Turkmenistan marked a new holiday on Sunday dedicated to its national – and very large – Alabai dog ...

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A gift for foreign leaders, a subject of presidential poetry and the inspiration for a new statue in the capital – the alabai shepherd dog’s stock has never been higher in horse-loving Turkmenistan.

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 ...

President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife will receive two Alabai dogs, the national dog of Turkmenistan, gifted by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, the supreme leader and Chairman of the People's Council of ...

Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, the ruler of Turkmenistan, really loves his dog. He cherishes it so much that he erected a statue in its honor in the country's capital city of Ashgabat. The Central Asian ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

A gift for foreign leaders, a subject of presidential poetry and the inspiration for a new statue in the capital -- the alabai shepherd dog's stock has never been higher in horse-loving Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan has dedicated statues and news coverage to the Alabai breed, a Central Asian Shepherd, which has been elevated to a national symbol. (AFP pic) A dog working for Turkmenistan’s security ...