Mary Wilson
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Updated: January 18th, 2025, 21:43 IST
PNN & Agencies
Rabat: Morocco could be set to slaughter three million stray dogs in a brutal clean-up bid before hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup, a report suggested. The pooches could be wiped out from the streets to make the country’s cities look nicer to visiting football fans, it’s been claimed. ...
But it has also reportedly killed thousands of stray dogs, and it’s feared that the numbers could still ramp up as 2030 approaches. The International Animal Coalition is now shining a spotlight on the killings, dubbing it “Morocco’s ugly secret”. ...
According to the coalition, dogs are poisoned with strychnine – a highly toxic, colourless, and bitter chemical used as a pesticide, particularly for killing small animals such as birds and rodents. The pups are also reportedly shot in the streets, the coalition says, or trapped and transported to facilities where they’re brutally slaughtered. ...
https://www.orissapost.com/morocco-to-cull-3-million-stray-dogs-ahead-of-2030-fifa-world-cup-report/
PNN & Agencies
Rabat: Morocco could be set to slaughter three million stray dogs in a brutal clean-up bid before hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup, a report suggested. The pooches could be wiped out from the streets to make the country’s cities look nicer to visiting football fans, it’s been claimed. ...
But it has also reportedly killed thousands of stray dogs, and it’s feared that the numbers could still ramp up as 2030 approaches. The International Animal Coalition is now shining a spotlight on the killings, dubbing it “Morocco’s ugly secret”. ...
According to the coalition, dogs are poisoned with strychnine – a highly toxic, colourless, and bitter chemical used as a pesticide, particularly for killing small animals such as birds and rodents. The pups are also reportedly shot in the streets, the coalition says, or trapped and transported to facilities where they’re brutally slaughtered. ...
https://www.orissapost.com/morocco-to-cull-3-million-stray-dogs-ahead-of-2030-fifa-world-cup-report/