- Police in Casablanca find 37 dog carcasses in back of butcher's van
- Man said they were destined for restaurants in poor parts of city
- Investigation into illegal trade of dog meat launched
Authorities in Morocco have launched an investigation into the illegal trade of dog meat after 37 carcasses were discovered in the back of a butcher's van.
A man was arrested in the centre of Casablanca after his Honda vehicle was pulled over for a routine traffic offence, it was reported.
Officers decided to search the car and found the dog carcasses in the back.
The driver told police he planned to sell them to restaurants in the poorer areas of the city where they would most likely be used in sausages.
Police have now launched an investigation into the discovery of the dog corpses which they say were 'slaughtered, skinned and prepared for processing into sausages'.
Dog ownership and consumption has been a controversial topic in Morocco, a strictly Islamic country, in recent years.
In January 2009, a restaurant owner in Casablanca was jailed for six years for selling dog meat presented as beef to his customers.
During the investigation, the man confessed to preparing the dog meat with chemicals to mask the smell and colour of it.
His four accomplices were sentenced to between eight months and four years in prison.
Islamic traditionalists have also been known to poison large numbers of stray dogs because they view them as 'unclean animals'.
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