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2,000 kg
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Animal Webaction visited the site 06 July 2019 and confirms the situation described below.
In Morocco, Nassima is out of kibbles for street and shelter dogs !
Warned about the difficulties encountered by Nassima, we went on the spot on July 6th.
Her kibble stock was then running out, and is now completely used up.
If Nassima can no longer help them, street dogs may starve or get poisoned.
At the shelter, 17 dogs are also threatened by hunger.
Nassima has already spent all her savings, her salary is not enough, and her SOS remain vain.
We want to send 2000 kg of kibble as a matter of urgency.
At the head of her association for nearly 3 years, Nassima helps street dogs and cats on a daily basis, where several dozen animals depend on her. But she is having increasing difficulties feeding them, and can no longer afford to buy kibbles.
At our request, photographer Lawrence Quammu visited her on July 6th, and accompanied her through the city to the various feeding sites she visits every day.
Without his help, the twenty or so street dogs can only rely on the garbage that line the city: a highly random, and very dangerous food source at this season, where all organic waste rot very quickly
Nassima also has a low-capacity shelter, which allows her to host the most vulnerable dogs, who could not survive on their own in the streets. She now hosts 17 dogs.
"Originally, I just thought I would take the dogs in to treat them and sterilize them, then put them back on the street. But I can't force myself to do it" explained Nassima, who knows how difficult street life can be for dogs.
In three years, Nassima has invested her entire savings to meet the needs of the animals she cares for. A decision she does not regret, but which now forces her to ask for help, because she no longer has a solution to face the expenses that do not run out....
"My salary is not enough, and people don't keep their promises," she explains, disappointed that promises of support have not been sufficiently followed up by action over the years.
Although she hates being in debt and does everything to avoid it, Nassima is already a few hundred euros in debt, and dedicates 60% of her salary to animals.
She needs our help!
We can take action, we have already booked a truck and pallets, but we have to pay it before July 16th.
If the collection fails, we will not be able to pay, the departure of the truck will be cancelled and none of the collected kibbles will be delivered...
If the collection fails, we will refund all donors.
Set up on land that Nassima rents every month, the shelter is now threatened: the lease will end in November, Nassima doubts she will be able to renew it.
In anticipation, she is looking to relocate the shelter, but for the moment it is only an unrealistic hope... All her savings have already been placed in the shelter, so she has no money to invest in buying land or building new pens.
The appeal she launched for the occasion has so far only raised 50€....
Since 2017, the French association BEPA has visited the shelter of Nassima once or twice a year, bringing products for animals with each trip, mainly for medical care and antiparasitic treatments.
But the association already carries out many actions in favour of the animal cause, and supports several other shelters, it is impossible for it to finance Nassima's actions outside her visits, and it can in no way intervene for food!
With an estimated population of around 2 million street dogs, Morocco has been carrying out mass slaughter operations at regular intervals for decades.
Dogs are poisoned with strychnine, or shot with a gun, usually in the spring: before the arrival of tourists, or any other important international event.
Spaying programmes have already been carried out in some Moroccan cities: unfortunately, they have so far always been abandoned, as their results take too long to be seen.
In Essaouira, the last slaughter was in June: Nassima hopes that no new operation will be carried out...
Despite the difficulties encountered, Nassima keeps smiling, and her determination remains intact thanks to the results obtained. "It's not easy, but when you do something out of love, you forget all the suffering" she says.
On a personal level, she hopes that this collection will help her for dog food, but also bring additional visibility to her cause "For people who have time, we are in desperate need of volunteers".
On a larger scale, she wants everyone to understand that it is necessary to " spay or neuter stray dogs, because it is the only way to put an end to slaughter ".
If the collection succeeds, the kibble will leave directly from our logistics centre in Morocco. So we can act very quickly, and help Nassima to have kibbles for the dogs in the shelter and on the streets!
This collection is organized by the association 4 Pattes Mogador, chaired by Nassima. The 2000 kilos of kibbles collected will be delivered to Nassima to feed the 17 dogs hosted at the shelter, and the 20 or so street dogs fed daily by Nassima.
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*All the photographs tagged were taken by photographer Lawrence Quammu, who acted at our request.