Morocco Dangerous Dogs Ban: No Permits Allowed

Facing a surge in attacks, the PJD parliamentary group attempted to impose the addition of Article 18 bis to the draft law on stray animals. Deputy Salwa El Bardaï defended the urgency of legislative intervention to curb incidents "described as fatal in some cases."

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The rejected amendment required prior administrative authorization to own a high-risk dog, notably imposing the owner’s legal age, a clean criminal record, veterinary monitoring, and the obligation to control the animal in public spaces.

This attempt at regulation met with executive refusal. On Monday, during the productive sectors commission, the Minister of Agriculture, Ahmed El Bouari, demanded the maintenance of the text’s original version. He relies on law 56.12, a measure already providing for a strict and permanent prohibition on acquiring, raising, importing or selling canines classified as dangerous.

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For the government official, adopting a licensing system would amount to a retreat. The executive refuses to dilute its current dissuasive strategy, based on a blanket prohibition, preferring to directly protect citizens in public spaces rather than seek a compromise between property rights and owner responsibility.