Morocco is between the hammer of stray dogs and the anchor of animal welfare … The experience of Agadir is a national model
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from Hibapress, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Abdul Latif Baraka
At a time when the Kingdom of Morocco is preparing to adopt the FIFA 2030 World Cup, the social and security problems linked to urban preparation emerge on the surface, including the file of stray dogs, which has remained strongly returned to controversy, in particular after the launch of a wide campaign to execute these animals in a certain number of cities, which triggered a large wave of denunciations by well-being organizations safe.
This situation has imposed the need to preserve the security of citizens and animal rights to life, to ask a complete question, how will Morocco manage this complex problem? Is it possible to consider the experience of the city of Agadir as a practical model for the solution?
– Street victims … the danger that is not seen
Despite the votes opposed to the countryside against internal and external wandering dogs, reality on the ground cannot be ignored. For years, stray dogs have turned into a daily danger in the streets of cities and villages, especially in marginal districts and popular markets.
“My son was attacked by a wandering dog in front of the school door, he was injured and we had to move to the hospital quickly to receive a loop vaccine,” said Souad, mother of two children from the city of Agadir.
This is not the only case, because deaths were recorded due to the rabies in different regions of the country, as well as the physical and psychological injuries which affected children and adults, and that certain families, according to local sources, filed legal complaints against municipal councils, after being injured until it was mastered by painful attacks.
– The execution campaign … An emergency stage or has not managed to manage?
Faced with this situation, the Moroccan authorities have launched, since 2023, a large campaign to kill stray dogs, saying that public security and environmental health.
However, the campaign was quickly confronted with severe criticism, especially after international organizations spoke of the possibility of eliminating nearly three million dogs, a certain number of panics among people interested in animal rights.
The international coalition for animal protection, which includes more than 20 organizations, expressed his absolute rejection of what he described as an “unjustified genocide”. On the other hand, Morocco has officially confirmed that murders have stopped since August 2024 and that it is about to seek alternative solutions according to the approach of animal welfare.
– Agadir … from the policy of killing to the refuge project
In the midst of this debate, the city of Agadir has become a different model in the treatment of the phenomenon, as an urban group of the city of Agadir, as well as the council of Souss Massa, launched an ambitious project represented in the establishment of a special shelter for dogs and Stray cats, at an unprecedented stage at the national level.
The project, which is at advanced stages of completion, is held on an area of 3,941 square meters, with a capacity of 1,000 dogs and 200 cats.
The project aims, according to the competent authorities, to “reduce the presence of stray animals in the streets, in order to maintain environmental and social security”.
The Agadir group at the time of the announcement of the project had indicated that it fell according to a vision of sustainable development, taking into account the protection of humans and animals at the same time, while providing veterinary services which include vaccination and sterilization to avoid the multiplication of these animals and the spread of related diseases.
– Form of generalization?
A number of environmental and human rights associations have praised Agadir’s experience, considering that it is an advanced step towards sustainable solutions that take into account the human and environmental sides.
“We hope that such initiatives will be disseminated in the rest of the Moroccan cities. Death is not a solution, but an intelligent and realistic administration that is what we need, ”explains Laila Mansouri, active assembly in the field of animal welfare.
– What path to the future ??
Between street pressures, public health requirements and state tasks towards animals, Morocco stands in front of a detailed option: either continuous circumstantial solutions based on genocide, or the adoption of an integrated public policy which begins with successful experiences such as Agadir’s experience, towards a more balanced and human horizon.
The question remains: does Agadir experience turn into national policy? The next few months will answer.
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