Fez City Council Fined After Child Injured in Stray Dog Attack
8 February 2025
The administrative court of Fez has ordered the city council to pay, as compensation, a fine of 25,000 dirhams to a child bitten by a stray dog in 2023.
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Soaring Sheep Prices Raise Concerns Ahead of Eid al-Adha in Morocco
25 January 2025
Will Moroccans be able to buy sheep for the Eid al-Adha sacrifice this year? About five months before the celebration of this festival, concern is growing in the face of the (…)
Two Deaths Linked to Stray Dogs Spark Concern Near Casablanca
22 January 2025
A young man was found dead on Sunday in the commune of Chlalat, near Mohammedia after being attacked by stray dogs and another young man died from a probable rabies infection (…)
Morocco Accused of Mass Culling of Stray Dogs Ahead of 2030 World Cup
17 January 2025
Five years before the 2030 World Cup, Morocco is accused of wanting to exterminate stray dogs, estimated at more than three million. A measure denounced by animal welfare (…)
Morocco Investigates Orca Encounters with Fishing Boats, Officials Say Attacks Not Hostile
16 January 2025
Zakia Driouich, the Secretary of State for Maritime Fisheries, stated that orca, particularly the Orcinus orca, attacks on fishing boats are neither hostile nor violent, (…)
French Customs Seize 200 Rare Fossils in Smuggling Bust
16 January 2025
Customs officers in Mulhouse seized nearly hundreds of fossils from various countries including Morocco, Lebanon and the United States.
Stray Dog Packs Terrorize Neighborhoods in Tangier, Morocco
13 January 2025
Packs of stray dogs are sowing terror in several neighborhoods of the city of Tangier, disrupting the peace of the residents.
Mass Horse Deaths Spark Outrage in Morocco After Seizure Operation
30 December 2024
An animal tragedy has struck the commune of Sidi Taibi, in the province of Kénitra in Morocco. One hundred and fifty-eight horses, out of a total of about two hundred, perished (…)
Marrakech Butcher Arrested for Selling Suspicious Meat
22 December 2024
Information has recently circulated about the arrest of a butcher in the Derb Nakhla souk in Bab Doukkala, accused of selling dog meat while passing it off as red meat.
Rare Moroccan Atlas Dog Breed Faces Extinction Amid Global Trafficking
10 December 2024
In Morocco, the Atlas dog, a 100% Moroccan rare breed of dogs called "Aïdi" dogs, is the victim of massive exploitation by Moroccans and foreigners, making it an endangered (…)