Beldi Transkription

 

Move, move, move and one more baby.

That’s it! We’re taking you home guys, we’re taking you home!  

Every day is a battle. But good always wins.

We have over 3 million stray dogs in Morocco.

And they have been killing dogs forever. For over 100 years.

I am Salima Kadaoui. Also known as Sally.

I run an animal sanctuary and also launched the Project “Hayat”.

Let’s take you to the vet my Darling.

Oh, my sweetie.

I don’t want to hurt you with your bad leg, do I?

No, I don’t.

You’re such a good girl.

Yes, you are.

Right.

Let’s get you in the car.

I hope the dogs didn’t leave a mess earlier because I forgot to clean up.

I am so tired.

Don’t panic.

It’s ok!

You can go in.

And go!

Every day, dogs are killed.

But of course, it’s a complete waste of money. It’s a complete waste of resources.  

Because the dog population just keeps increasing.

The only solution is our project of life.

Which is to treat, neuter, vaccinate and identify the dog.

Ready steady, wee!

That dog becomes a sanitary agent.

Because he is vaccinated against rabies.

And he will never reproduce.

Or she will never reproduce.

And it’s the only way to reduce the canine population.

 

Because it shows that Morocco is fighting rabies.

It shows that Morocco is protecting its community.

Human and animals against disease.

It shows a lot of progress.

We got an emergency.

Poor baby. No hair. Terrible skin. Probably mange.

We must get him before anyone else does.

Obviously, this is a much poorer community.

Let’s go.

Hey Baby!

Oh, my sweetheart! Hello. Hello baby.

What happened to you?

Come on. Let me take you.

Let’s pick you up.

It’s ok. It’s ok.

Apparently, there is another sick dog.

 

The vet is going to do a blood test to confirm if she has leishmaniasis.

And to check her kidneys and liver.

Our vet will check her over, but I don’t think she will make it.

I’m pretty sure she has got leishmaniasis.

So, I think we arrived too late.

I’m just so grateful that those children told us about her.

Because, even if we do have to put her to sleep, at least we are ending the suffering.

If they hadn’t told us about her, she would have had a very slow, agonizing death.

And animal rescue is not just saving lives. But it’s to relief and stop the suffering.

And sometimes that means to put to sleep.

Heartbreaking. But at least she will stop suffering.

You stay here my darling.

Who’s a good girl?

Be a good puppy.

You’re safe! You’re safe!

My father was an army officer who adored Morocco.

And became an army officer to protect his country and his king.

And my father always helped everybody. Absolutely everybody.

That’s where I get it from.

And I remember I had a tantrum because I wanted a pair of shoes.

You know the ballerina-type. They came into fashion.

And my father said: “You don’t need them.”

And I went on and on and on.

So, he said: “Fine. Let’s go to the shop.”

So, we went to the shop, and I showed him the shoes.

And he looked at me and he said: “My darling should I buy you the pair of shoes for you or should we buy a pair of shoes for the boy outside who has no shoes.   

I learned the lesson of my life.

Of course, we bought the shoes for the boy.

 

Oh, I’m an old woman.

Everything hurts!

This man is homeless. And he has tuberculosis.

We’re helping him.

This is the car of a friend of mine. Who is not going to use it again.  

So, he sleeps in the car.

We provided him a duvet and all of that.

And I try to help him with the doctor, who is a lovely lady.

Come on baby.

You’re coming in as well.

Bear, in!

Move! Move!

When I’m short of staff, there’s no free time.

We don’t want pee-pee everywhere, do we?

Little Man!

I put my messages times two.

So the voice messages go as fast as possible.

People tend to tell you their whole story instead of going straight to the point.

When you have so many messages it’s just impossible.

Right now, I have to do the night shifts in the SFT house.

We have got puppies and dogs and cats.

And disabled dogs.

So, I wake up several times in the night.

And in the past, I could do it and I could cope.

But now it’s just exhausting.

But, I do what I love. And it’s my passion and my life.

 

I don’t even brush my hair.

Just get up and go.

I sleep in my clothes. I get up and I go.

There is no time to change.

Pajamas, clothes - no way. No time for that.

We are sheltered a bit from the wind here.

By this building.

Let’s do a post.

Hello, babies!

Project Hayat is not just the strays.

It’s also the animals belonging to poor people.   

Because that’s one of the big problems we have.

In this case she is a Malinois.

But with the Beldis – the typical Moroccan dogs.  

What they end up doing is dumping the puppies.

It’s so important that we sterilize their dogs.  

Over the years we’ve done a few thousands of dogs belonging to poor families.

 

I started the sanctuary at the end of 2012.

Hi babies!

To me, the sanctuary was: take all the babies as many as you can and offer them a forever loving home.

Puppies, haven’t you grown!

That’s what the sanctuary is.

And the employees are just amazing humans. And they love the animals so much.

That is the most important thing for me.

The sanctuary is about love.

But it’s not the solution.

Because all those dogs I took to the sanctuary, have all been replaced by other dogs.

 

There is a lot of work to do in Morocco about animal welfare.

Really a lot of work to do.

Every day I go past a dog, I pray and I hope that they won’t catch you.  

They won’t get you.

Before important visits or anything like that the mass culling takes place.

This last time it was because of the FIFA visit.

Here in Tangier, the dog killer has like a stick. And it’s attached to a very long syringe.

They put this poison in. If a dog walks past, he puts it in the dog.

The dog screams and dies quickly. But still, extreme pain.

Or they put poison in meatballs. And that’s an agonizing death.

The reality is, we have these dogs.

And we can’t keep acting like savages and torturing, killing these innocent souls.

We’ve got to fix the problem.

We the humans caused the problem in the first place.

 

Two weeks ago. Right here.

The dog killers van was parked.

I looked and I saw six or seven dogs, looking at him.

And there was a dog killer, he was a member of the authorities.

Adorable dogs. And I went running, got out of my car.  

I said “stop!”. I only just saw the female on heat.

And I had a dog in the car that I had to drop off for TNVT.

I must take this one now, before the dog killer gets to her.

But it was too late. She already ate the meat with the poison.

All of them did.

I picked her up. And he said: “It’s too late she has already eaten it.”

I said: “Never mind I take her with me.”

Then the dog struggled out of my arms.

And then she crossed the road.

She started having convulsions.

I ran behind her.

And shouted to the dog killer: “Come here, inject the heart!

Don’t let her suffer like this!”

It was awful.

And then another dog. And another dog. And another dog.

And there is nothing you can do.

The poison is so toxic. 

The minute it’s digested, that’s it.

There is no antidote. There is nothing.

It was rush-hour in the morning.

People saw the animal ambulance.

They saw the dog killer’s van.

They saw me in tears. Trying to soothe the dogs.

It was awful.

And God please stop this from happening.

It has to stop. It has to stop. It can’t go on.

It’s unforgivable.

 

Giving up? Never.

No way. 

I will fight until the day I die.

I would go to prison for the animals.

I will do whatever it takes to stop the culling.

Enough is enough.

 

When I see that the community love the animals

and to see beautiful, healthy dogs with their tags,

you think: “Yes, we did it”.

As far as I’m concerned and as far as the hundreds and hundreds of e-mails and messages that we get from people saying thank you it’s so amazing that we are able to see this dogs and to stroke them. And to see how the community look after them.

Great picture. Isn’t it?

So, there is no reason for us not to live in perfect harmony.

One, two, three, four, five!

And this is what humanity is about.

Blanco!

How are you my darling? How are you?

You are so precious! You are wonderful dogs!

Yes, I’m happy to see you too!

I wish every dog was tagged and loved and protected like these dogs.

We made it happen for you my darling.

It was hard work at first.

But hey! How many years you have been living here?

And they look after you so well.

Blanco! Hello Blanco!

Blanco don’t be shy!

We are not going to the clinic.

You already had your booster.

Hello you! Hello joy and happiness. I’m happy to see you too.

I love when you do your dancing game.

Happiness, joy, their tails wagging is so wonderful.

I’m sorry I don’t have the hepatic biscuits. I know they’re your favorites.  

 

Come on you mummy!

Come on my darling!

 

We will win the war.

Because for me, it’s a war between evil of killing dogs and humanity.

Humanity must win.

I was born for this.

I was born to protect these voiceless beings.

Animals and humans.

I can’t see a living being suffering.