PETA Urges Ronaldo to Save Homeless Dogs’ Lives in Morocco Ahead of 2030 World Cup
Football icon and proud dog guardian Cristiano Ronaldo – who once donated an autographed jersey to help dogs at a struggling animal shelter in his native Portugal – is being asked to step up for canines once again. Following reports that homeless animals in Morocco are being slaughtered as the country prepares to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by Portugal, PETA is asking Ronaldo to donate a small portion of his £170 million annual earnings to help fund spay and neuter clinics that will reduce Morocco’s animal overpopulation crisis and prevent more dogs from being cruelly killed.
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Dogs Massacred in Morocco
Dogs are being gunned down, set on fire, and killed in other horrific ways simply for the sake of a football tournament. While Morocco’s King Mohammed VI gave a royal order to end the country’s decades-long massacre of homeless dogs and cats in 2019 – with authorities there signing an agreement to stop the killing – the pledge didn’t hold.
Homeless animals are reportedly being snatched off the streets, shot, poisoned, burned alive, and left to die in cages without food or water, among other atrocities.
The slaughter is happening for football, so the football community must act to stop it. Ronaldo can assist dogs by funding spay and neuter clinics so fewer animals will be born on the streets. PETA has also written to FIFA, calling on the football association to also urgently step in and stop the mass slaughter.
Dogs Urgently Need Your Help
Help end the slaughter by sending a letter to the Moroccan Ministry of Interior, calling for an immediate end to the massacre:
