Cats in Chefchouen, Morrocco: Pinteresque or hell on earth?
Sorry to break the romanticism that they are trying to sell us with cats in Chefchouen. Reality is most of them are in terrible state. Thousands are sick, kittens with eye infections, many already blind, kittens with diarrheas and diarrheas all over the place, cats and kittens with skin infections and some kitten literally dying in front of locals and tourists. Almost every female cat is pregnant turning the situation in a no turning point. No cat or animal should live here. People throw them any trash to eat, including clearly rotten and they do it on top of the feces that kittens and sick cats leave behind. Therefore, many are born in filthy environment, get sick and end up dying of infections, including respiratory. I had planned 3 days in Chefchouen, saw 2 kittens die with the total indifference of humans around and that was enough. After 2 days I left. And no one should go. We need to put pressure on the local authorities to act now and tourists should stop selling fake images of Chefchouen. Only if we touch their pockets this inhumane attitude will change. I live and work in developing countries in the south fo Africa, so no, Im not a western lunatic tripping, I just don’t put a filter and accept as normal what in no place should be normal. And the situation in Chefchouen Is something I had never seen before. Don’t believe “instagrammers” who post the beautiful blue picture. Behind that picture is a mess. A mess for animals who live in hell. Chefchouen needs an URGENT a sterilization campaign (NOW. Not tomorrow), a veterinary, and associations who ensures the minimum. Yes, the minimum. Today there is no one, nothing and locals and expats don’t care and tourists with its “filter” neither. If you care do not visit Chouen. Thanks