Brigitte Bardot, former French actress and president of the eponymous Foundation dedicated to animal protection, accuses FIFA of being an accomplice to Morocco where stray dogs would be massively shot down, in preparation for the 2030 World Cup.
European livestock farmers are complaining about the free-trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil). In three weeks, Morocco imported 16,000 calves from Brazil, turning away from Spanish cows.
In Azrou, an old monkey from the cedar forest attacked a French tourist who was trying to play with one of the Barbary macaque monkeys. She will be admitted to the emergency room in Azrou to receive an anti-rabies vaccine, then transported to the Hassan II University Hospital in Fez to receive the necessary care.
Researchers have observed an unbelievable presence, in broad daylight and on the surface, near the coast of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, off the coast of Morocco.
British celebrities are joining the calls of animal rights defenders including the International Animal Welfare Coalition (IAWPC) calling on FIFA to demand that Morocco cease the many mass dog culling campaigns carried out to clean the streets in preparation for the 2030 World Cup.
The Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus), a rodent native to Morocco, poses a threat to "the rich biodiversity of the fragile ecosystem of the Canary Islands," according to Spanish researchers.
King Mohammed VI’s call for Moroccans to refrain from celebrating Eid al-Adha this year sounds like bad news for sheep breeders who are asking for financial support, at the risk of ending up in prison.
In order to optimize marketing and ensure better performance, livestock breeders have started the fattening operation of sheep destined for sale on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, after obtaining authorization from the Ministry of Agriculture.
A Moroccan official denies the allegations that Morocco is considering killing three million stray dogs before the 2030 World Cup, which it will co-host with Spain and Portugal.
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.
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 dizzying rise in the prices of these animals.
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 in the city of Rahma, on the outskirts of Casablanca, causing panic among the residents.