Brutal Dog Massacre in Morocco Blamed on FIFA World Cup Bid!! GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING!

Hundreds of stray dogs are being brutally killed in Tangier in order to impress FIFA officials who are coming to assess Morocco’s World Cup bid this week, animal rights activists have told The Daily Beast.

Campaigners say the animals have been shot or poisoned on the streets of the coastal city found at the juncture of Africa and Europe. Many of the slaughtered dogs were tagged with yellow earmarks to show they have already been neutered and rabies-vaccinated.

“They’re killing our dogs and people’s pets too,” said Sally Kadaoui, founder of SFT Animal Sanctuary, a non-profit that rescues and cares for the city’s homeless animals. “Some of them run off, shot and wounded. I found a dog shot in the leg who was suffering for days with a terrible wound. We had to amputate his leg. They’re trying to clear the streets of strays before FIFA’s February visit. Just today, they’ve killed over 25 of our dogs. These were lovely, friendly dogs who lived near the shops and cafes around the Corniche and everyone fed them. It’s devastating.”

Horrifying footage shows dogs collapsing and convulsing, being tossed, mortally-wounded, into waiting trucks on top of other dead bodies. In one wrenching clip, a government assassin calls a black-and-tan shepherd by her name Rosa. When she runs over to him, wagging her tail excitedly, he stabs her with a poison dart. As she lays dying, her companion, a shy sandy mongrel, runs to her side not knowing why she’s distressed, and nuzzles her nose trying to comfort her.

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