The FIFA World Cup is a huge and important tournament, a celebration of football culture. If a country is chosen to host it, they must carefully plan to ensure its success, allowing their economy to flourish. However, this joyous tournament has been marred by Morocco. In an effort to "clean up the city," they have brutally been killing and targeting the death of an estimated 3 million stray dogs. Unsurprisingly, many animal rights organizations have worked to stop this, but with little success. The government is poisoning the dogs with a highly toxic chemical, strychnine, which causes a slow and agonizing death. They are also shooting dogs in public places, causing them to bleed to death painfully, a practice that concerns the UN due to the potential mental and emotional harm to children. In addition, they sometimes resort to even more brutal strategies, such as beating the dogs to death with tools and shovels in public areas. As of January, FIFA has not yet commented on this. This is not a new issue; Morocco has been killing approximately 300,000 stray dogs annually for some time.

The UN has raised concerns about the impact of dog culling on children. Children witness dogs being beaten to death in public places, bleeding, dead, and dying dogs, and often even dogs being shot. This can lead to long-term trauma. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child addresses how dog culling can contribute to societal aggression. Children in Morocco forced to witness this terrible violence are left with deep emotional scars, potentially leading to increased aggression and trauma.

Many local citizens of Morocco are fighting back to prevent this stain on their country by protesting, which the Moroccan government has unfortunately ignored. Widespread protests are filling the streets, yet FIFA has taken no action. In addition, many people have been signing petitions and sending emails to FIFA officials to suspend Morocco's right to host the World Cup, and emails demanding that Morocco stop the culling.