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Dear friend of the IAWPC,  Every week we share an update of evidence and progress with Fifa, and from now on, we will be also sharing that information with our supporters and partners.  By doing this, as many engaged people as possible will see the processes that we are going through within the campaign, and get a sense of the relentless testimony coming through to the IAWPC from on the ground in Morocco, on a weekly basis.  Please do feel free to share all you know with others, and do get in touch with your thoughts and ideas too.  Warm regards,  Les Ward,  Chairman of the International Animal Welfare Protection Coalition Our update for Fifa… Hey all, I hope this email finds you well. As we wait for the proposed meeting (Morocco, FIFA, IAWPC), we plan to send you all content we receive (on a weekly basis) and for which we have consent to share. We have an archive of material which has been sent to us, and which we have no permission to share, due to realistic fears of retribution from the Moroccan authorities. Representatives of those same authorities continue to denounce/diminish the reality and to gaslight those who question them. Video titled ‘Tetouan June 4th’, was sent to the IAWPC this morning, as it was happening. Tetouan is in the Tangier region and sits on the Mediterranean coast and is a tourist destination. This dog, and the others we cannot see in the truck, will not be seen again. Video titled ‘Marrakech – Tourist assaulted, was sent with permission to share last week. This female tourist is trying to defend vaccinated puppies outside an apartment block in downtown Marrakech. She is assaulted by this involved in this brutality. She reported to us that the person seen pushing her

A British woman living in Marrakesh is using rescue goats, traumatised horses and viral running clubs to spark a revolution in how animals are viewed in Morocco.

The grisly remains of tagged and vaccinated dogs have been discovered in the region covered by Morocco’s flagship animal welfare centre as outrage grows over the killings of millions of pups ahead of the country hosting the 2030 World Cup. 

Protesters gathered in force outside the Vancouver Convention Centre on Thursday morning, as a coalition of international animal welfare groups staged a high-impact demonstration during the 76th FIFA Congress, demanding urgent action to stop the mass killing of dogs in Morocco ahead of the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

Fury is mounting on the day of football’s most powerful gathering as campaigners warn that FIFA, world football’s governing body, is disgracefully “failing to act” over the mass killing of street dogs in Morocco ahead of the 2030 World Cup and by so doing, is tarnishing and bringing shame on world football and the so-called “beautiful game”.

A horrifying dawn massacre of street dogs in the Moroccan city of Nador has sparked international outrage, with campaigners warning that preparations for the 2030 FIFA World Cup are being stained by scenes of “unbearable violence”.

The below is an official statement from the International Animal Welfare Protection Coalition

The IAWPC took the fight for Morocco’s dogs to the English Riviera this week at the Emotional Wellbeing in Animals Conference where key animal experts expressed their support.

An animal welfare activist used one of the UK’s fastest-growing vegan gatherings to urge unity across the movement, warning that meaningful change for animals will only come through collaboration, not division.

The International Animal Welfare Protection Coalition has welcomed a major show of support from actor and campaigner Peter Egan, who has used his national platform to speak out against the mass killing of stray dogs in Morocco.