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Rabat — The stray dog shelter scandal has resurfaced to expose the careless management of this phenomenon in Morocco. This time, the limelight is on the city of Fez, where one dog shelter’s rampant mismanagement has left its animals to die a slow death.
A shocking Facebook video has exposed the horrific conditions at the stray dog shelter in the city of Fez, where emaciated animals languish in what activists call “death cages.”
The footage reveals dozens of severely malnourished dogs packed into filthy enclosures without proper care or attention. The animals appear to suffer from extreme weight loss and live amid their waste, abandoned to die slowly from hunger and disease.
Local authorities have failed to address the crisis despite mounting pressure. Competent administrative officials must intervene immediately to stop this, many locals have fumed, blaming the city’s municipal services for neglecting their duties.
According to local sources, animal welfare activists have staged protests outside the facility to draw attention to the dogs’ suffering. The activists criticize the substandard conditions that threaten to spread diseases throughout the area.
The campaigners demand that city officials create a proper animal shelter that will provide basic veterinary care, proper feeding, and sanitary conditions rather than leaving animals to die from starvation, illness, and filth.
Fez faces a severe stray dog overpopulation problem across all neighborhoods. The animals have attacked children in multiple incidents, prompting court cases that resulted in judicial rulings against the municipality and compensation orders for victims’ families.
The crisis signals Morocco’s broader struggle with stray animal management. Cities across the country grapple with balancing public health concerns, religious considerations, and animal welfare demands while lacking adequate resources and systematic approaches to address overpopulation humanely.
Animal rights organizations have previously criticized Morocco’s handling of stray dogs, particularly taking issue with the mass poisoning and killing campaigns that have caused prolonged suffering.
The Fez shelter scandal demonstrates how even official facilities designed to manage the problem have become sites of systematic animal cruelty.
City officials have not issued an official statement on the situation of the shelter, leaving animal rights activists in shock.
Last month, the government announced plans to implement measures to solve the issue of stray dogs.
