The kingdom of Mohammed VI has already started the preparations for the 2030 Football World Cup. Next to the construction of infrastructure and the constitution of teams of volunteers aimed at welcoming several competition meetings (which will take place on three continents), Morocco intends to carry out a controversial project: to shoot down some three million wandering dogs in less than five years.
What arouse a quickly controversy, especially among animalist associations. Jane Goodall, activist of the animal cause, denounced this stray anti-dog campaign. Dyears a letter quoted by THE Daily Mail And haserected at FIFA, leading world football body, The activist castigates a “Act of horrible barbarism”. The primatologist urges the sports federation to act so that “Massacres stop”. “” There is no excuse for this cruelty campaign which is carried out in the name of football She writes.
A “massacre”
The international coalition for animals has also launched a campaign against this project. According to the association, stray dogs are stuck or trapped before being transported to slaughterhouses.
In France, the animalist party also did not take long to denounce the Moroccan project. “Our spokesperson Sandra Krief firmly condemns Morocco’s desire to shoot the stray dogs upstream of the 2030 Football World Cup »was outraged by the movement on X, urging international football bodies to act “so that this massacre does not take place”.
The slaughter of stray dogs have already started in Morocco. According to animalist associations, they are expected to accelerate in the coming weeks so that the objectives set are held.
