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LETTER FROM ALGERIA. In the midst of an exchange between Brigitte Bardot and President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, you sort them out for errant animals. A strong subject of empathy.
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From our correspondent in Algiers, Adlène Meddi
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A In Algiers, the process of eliminating stray dogs and cats, which the name of animal-friendly activists has stopped denouncing, has been banned since last March. An unexpected victory against Galoufa! The story goes back to the end of the 19th centurye century in this Algerian suburb of Bab el-Oued, when the municipality of Algiers, alerted by cases of rabies transmitted by stray dogs, instructed a certain Garufa, of Spanish origin, to capture them. Armed with his lasso whip and pulling his animal cage cart, Garufa becomes the croquemitaine that moms invoke in front of their children in the evening to keep quiet. The Algerian Albert Camus cites this practice of hunting stray dogs in The First Man to portray the bravery of the children of his neighborhood …
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