After the recent Dakhla incident, where a French tourist died on August 16 as a result of a stray dog pack attack, the National Order of Veterinarians in Morocco (OVM) announces the launch of a national operation to sterilize stray dogs.
This began on Thursday, August 26 in Oujda and will subsequently extend to Rabat, Agadir and Marrakech, in partnership with the ministries of Interior and Health.
In a statement issued on August 25, the OVM welcomed the efforts made by the Ministry of the Interior to combat the phenomenon of stray dogs in all regions of the kingdom, and announced its contribution.
The OVM will increase its staff to more than 2,000 veterinarians from the private sector, and associate professors researchers of the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA).
Professionals will closely collaborate with local authorities to effectively fight against the proliferation of stray dogs.
The statement recalls, in this sense, the signing in 2019 of a quadripartite agreement between the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of the Interior, the National Council of Veterinary Surgeons and the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) for the implementation of TNVR.
TNVR, an acronym for Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return, is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and has been proven successful in various countries.
Associations have been campaigning for years to end the killing of stray dogs, a practice that is as cruel as it is ineffective in regulating the dog population.
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