My Moroccan Stray Cats Gallery

Good day everyone! Today I will write about a topic I am very passionate about and one that is very close to my heart, stray cats! Growing up, I have been known to bring stray cats home. And I remember my brother shaking his head as we already have too many cats and we are all so severely allergic to fluffy things, pollens, and dust. Don't get me wrong, he loves them too, he is quite a softie with animals so as the rest of the family.

When I was traveling in Morocco, I noticed a lot of these poor creatures in the desert. It is said that there are roughly as many street cats in Morocco as there are humans. I initially remembered, after the third cat photo I took, I said to myself, "I will have an album full of MoroCATS". Which to me was short for Moroccan street cats. Surprisingly as I am writing this article I learned that I am not the only tourist who thought of this. I found a lot of articles and photography of Moroccan street cats. Wow the world is full of cat lovers I would say!

The life of a stray cat is rough, and I could only imagine even more so in the desert where the weather conditions are severe and where water is scarce. But luckily God adores cats and has made them hardy creatures and has given them 9 lives to compensate for their tiny size and dangerous tendencies.

Also Moroccans are known to be very kind to their strays, especially cats. Despite the poverty, Moroccans still manage to share food scraps and water to their street wanderers. Apparently in the Muslim culture, one can execute pre-prayer ablutions with a bowl of water from which cats have drunk. In that respect, these gatos have actually been ensured survival in a Muslim country.

Although this may seem like a sob story it isn't. It is actually the opposite. It is a story of awe! These creatures have been surviving the desert for the most of their lives. And this makes me believe that someone is silently looking after them. As my dad used to say to me, God looks after even the tiniest of creatures. I would like to believe that he is right!

If only I can take them on a flight and give them all homes, but I cannot. It is hard to make cats travel as the paperworks can be both tasking and expensive. But I trust they will continue to thrive so long as there are little mercies bestowed to them by nature and human kind. So I hope the next time you see a stray cat, if you cannot feed them, please be kind and do not hurt them. They already have enough struggles to worry about than your flying pans and pots. And please do not feed them poison that is just inhumane.

My sister told me our adopted cat Dapnu has been missing for days now. We are worried someone has decided to get rid of him. But we are praying he has found little mercies along the way and hopefully just got re-homed. Anyway that's it for now I hope you enjoy the photos! Cheers!