My name was “Milouda”. A street dog (sterilized by SPANA thanks to Philippe’s good care), I had been living for 3 years in the Palmeraie circuit in front of the “Darkaoui” residence.
I spent my days with taxi drivers, security guards, and strikers, and in the evening Philippe would feed me, which was the best.
My only fault was that sometimes I would bark and chase after cars or mopeds. Perhaps to defend my territory, don’t forget I’m a dog…
So, on Monday evening, when Philippe went to feed me, the security guards told him that I had been taken by the pound or a municipal vehicle that had already passed the previous Thursday. The taxi drivers opposed my capture; I wasn’t a stray dog… and someone was taking care of me… That vehicle turned back, but it was apparently only a postponement, as the roundup had been rescheduled for Monday, but to avoid any problems early in the morning.
So on Tuesday, Philippe went all over Marrakech, checking the pound, many places, and administrations, and made numerous phone calls to find out where I might have been taken…
Now the puzzle is complete, and he understands a lot of things and how it works. He met some very good people and others, in hindsight, who were liars and hypocrites. (A proverb: ‘Revenge is a dish best served cold’). He got the contact of the person who supposedly came to take me, who answered him only once, and has not responded since. However, when a manager called him, he replied that I was disturbing people with my barking and chasing after motorcycles… Philippe simply told this manager that they just needed to send him a message to find a solution… another implied that there were “VIPs” in the neighborhood, perhaps one who had a contact for dog collection in their network… no comment.
Philippe is furious and enraged, which is strange since he’s vaccinated, because associations, as he explained to officials, have been doing at their own expense for several years what the mayor of Marrakech now wants to implement: sterilization and castration. As a result, a gentle, sterilized dog was taken and killed, as some people who were supposed to give him information about my condition, ‘dead or alive,’ didn’t call back, not brave enough to deliver the bad news…
As for me, I had a great time with Philippe. I know I’m already missed in the neighborhood…
I’ll be happier now, because with my status as a stray dog, like so many others, my life here had no value…
