That's because, in a surprising break from tradition, King Mohammed VI on Wednesday urged Moroccans to forgo buying sheep to ...

King Mohammed VI of Morocco asked Moroccans on Wednesday to abstain from performing the rite of slaughtering sheep on Eid ...

Sheep come running when Larbi El Ghazouani pours alfalfa and straw into their troughs twice a day. The 55-year-old farmer had ...

The king of Morocco has called on people to refrain from sacrificing sheep during a religious festival later this year ...

Morocco's King Mohammed VI has urged people not to buy sheep to slaughter during this year's Eid al-Adha festivities due to a huge decline in the country's herd. In a letter read on state-run Al ...

But for breeders like him, the cancelling of Eid festivities will deal a heavy blow. It costs El Ghazouani roughly 1,500 Moroccan dirhams ($150) to feed a sheep for one year on a diet of straw ...

With Morocco’s sheep herds dwindling at an alarming rate, King Mohammed VI made a rare break with tradition by urging families to forego buying sheep to sacrifice during the upcoming Eid Al-Adha ...

With the nation's herd reduced by drought and prices rising due to inflation, King Mohammed VI has asked the public to ...

Eid al-Adha, which takes place this year in ... The prices have become so exorbitant that 55 per cent of families surveyed by the Moroccan NGO Moroccan Center for Citizenship last year said ...