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Why is Morocco killing thousands of stray dogs ahead of the 2030 World Cup?

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By Lisa Klaassen, CNN (CNN) — For 19-year-old Amina from Ifrane, a small mountain town known as the “Switzerland of Morocco,” dead dogs are a common sight. Amina requested that CNN refer to her by a pseudonym for fear of retribution by Moroccan authorities. “Walking to school, I would pass pools of blood on the street,” she recalled in an interview with CNN. “At a certain point, I realized it wasn’t normal to start your day stepping over dead bo…

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For Amina, a 19-year-old from Ifrane, a small mountain village known as the "Switzerland of Morocco," seeing dead dogs is a common occurrence. Amina asked CNN to use a pseudonym for fear of reprisals from the authorities…

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By Lisa Klaassen, CNN For Amina, a 19-year-old girl from Ifrane, a small mountain village known as the “Switzerland of Morocco”, seeing dead dogs is commonplace. Amina asked CNN to use a pseudonym for fear of reprisals from the Moroccan authorities. “Walking to school, passing through puddles of blood on the street,” she recalled in an interview with CNN. “At one point, I realized that it was not normal to start the day dodging corpses.” Accordi…

For Fatimazarah, 19 years old, from Ifrane, a small mountain town known as the “Swiss of Morocco”, dead dogs are a common vision. Fatimazarah asked the CNN not to be published for fear of being persecuted by local authorities. “Go to school, I passed by blood stations on the street”, she recalled in an interview to CNN. “At a certain time, I realized it was not normal to start the day passing over dead bodies.” Read More Alcaraz wins and goes to…

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The slaughter of street dogs is causing quite a stir in Morocco. The country wants to use this to ‘clean’ its streets for the 2030 World Cup that will be held in the country. “One night I woke up from a few shots and saw three dead dogs,” testifies a 19-year-old woman.

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CNN broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Friday, June 20, 2025.
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