Gulf Tourists Spark Outrage After Mass Bird Slaughter Near Marrakech

18 August 2019 – byBladi.net · 1 min read

A video showing the "ecological massacre" committed by Gulf tourists on nearly 1,500 birds, in the Marrakech region, has gone viral. This "savage slaughter", denounced by the National Association of Hunting and Sustainable Development, has outraged internet users on social media.

These tourists, invited to the Marrakech region by an agency specializing in the organization of hunting trips, disregarded the regulatory texts on hunting, by killing 1,490 birds, most of which were oriental turtle doves.

These Khalijis, after committing this ecologically abominable act, would have stored their "game" in refrigerators, inside a villa rented in Marrakech, before transporting them in 4x4 vehicles to Casablanca. They wanted to leave the territory from the airport of this city, instead of that of Marrakech, so that the authorities would not realize their crime.

Furthermore, in order not to leave this crime unpunished, the National Association of Hunting and Sustainable Development called for the urgent opening of an investigation. The comments are flowing on social networks where Internet users are also calling for the intervention of the High Commission for Water and Forests, to protect Moroccan fauna and flora.