Morocco bolsters care and management of stray dogs with new policies


By AGENCY

Since 2019, Morocco has adopted the ‘Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate and Return’, policy. — Photos: MOSA’AB ELSHAMY/AP

A mutt with a blue tag clipped to her ear whimpers as she’s lifted from a cage and carried to a surgery table for a spay and a rabies vaccine, two critical steps before she’s released back onto the streets of Morocco’s capital.

The “Beldi”, as Moroccan street dogs are called, is among the hundreds taken from Rabat to a dog pound in a nearby forest.

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