Contact your Local Authority Dog Warden

The Dog or Animal Warden for your local Council (“fourrière municipale”), are legally responsible for stray dogs and the most likely to have picked them up! You should also check Animal Wardens in surrounding areas, dogs can travel quite far when they want to! Most of them in Morocco don’t have a phone number, so the only way you have is to go to the warden. Please note that the wardens must legally hold a stray dog for only 7 days before they can pass him or have him put to sleep.

Contact Vets

All the vets in your area. Ask the vet if they can put a Lost Dog poster up in their surgery and leave your details with them to contact you, should your dog be brought in.

Inform neighbors, shops, guardians, taxi drivers…

In Morocco, there are day & night guardians in all neighborhoods if not all streets. Taxi drivers roam the whole city. Show them your dog’s photo and give them your phone number.

Noticeboards, Registers, and Social Media

1. Ask your local supermarkets, shops, and libraries, if you can put a Lost Dog poster on their noticeboard.
2. Social Media is free and very effective – post to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc… – so your friends and followers can join the search.

Local Areas & Buildings

1. Visit places where you usually walk your dog; he may have just decided to walk himself!
2. Look around your local area and if you have moved house recently, ask around at your last address.
3. If there are any building sites or workmen in your area, ask around in case your dog has become trapped somewhere on site.

Check Avito, Facebook Marketplace, and animal markets

Your dog could have been stolen and the thief will try to sell it.

Microchip database

Don’t forget to contact your microchip database to tell them that your dog is lost. They can notify you if someone tries to change your dog’s chip details. It is also important that you notify the database to let them know if your dog is found.

Every dog has the potential to stray or be stolen. Read our advice to learn how best to protect yourself from dog theft.