In 2017, His Majesty King Mohammed VI gave His High Instructions to the Government to no longer use old methods of shooting and poisoning to control the dogs and street cats population, but rather a more humane approach.

To this end, in 2019, the Ministry of Interior (represented by the General Directorate of Territorial Communes), and the Health Minister announced an agreement signed with the National Office of Food Health Safety (ONSSA), the National Order of Veterinarians of Morocco, to end the culling of street dogs and instead to implement the TNVR and release the spay/neutered dogs into their environment with an identifying ear tag.

The Ministry of the Interior was supposed to start this national stray sterilization and vaccination campaign in 2019. In November 2021, they released a circular detailing the new measures and sent it to municipal departments, mayors, and governors throughout the Kingdom. Unfortunately, this circular is not binding and is not applied to date.

• A report following a 2-week World Health Organization (WHO) expertise carried out in 2001 in different places in Morocco as well as a study revealed that rabies human deaths are linked to inadequate prophylaxis and suggested an improvement of the training of physicians in antirabies centers (19 deaths from rabies recorded in 2015).
• Rabies is present on all continents except Antarctica, but the disease is most commonly transmitted to humans in developing countries throughout Asia and Africa. Rabies can be present in both domestic animals and wildlife. People who contract rabies often die within one or two weeks without immediate treatment. According to the WHO, rabies is estimated to cause 59,000 human deaths annually in over 150 countries, with 95% of cases occurring in Africa and Asia. Stray dogs are the primary culprit, particularly in rural areas. Making people aware of how to avoid the bites of rabid dogs, to seek treatment when bitten, and to vaccinate animals can successfully disrupt the rabies transmission cycle.