Morocco’s King Mohammed VI urges nation to avoid slaughtering sheep during Eid al-Adha

King Mohammed VI asked Moroccans to refrain from performing the Islamic rituals represented in slaughtering sheep during the Aha Day this year due to a sharp drop in the country’s herd.

The deficiency is blamed in seven years of dehydration.

The feast, except, which is located in June, restores the readiness of the Prophet Ibrahim, or Ibrahim, to sacrifice his son on the command of God.

Muslims represent the event by slaughtering sheep or other animals, and meat is shared between the family and donated the poor.

But the herds in Morocco decreased by 38 % in a decade due to dry pastures, according to official data.

Meat prices are missiles, and 100,000 sheep are imported from Australia.

King Mohammed VI said in a speech read by the Minister of Religious Affairs on National TV on Wednesday, that the performance of the rituals “in light of these difficult circumstances will lead to great harm to large segments of our people, especially those who have limited income,” King Mohammed VI said in a speech read by the Minister of Religious Affairs on National TV on Wednesday.

His father, Hassan II, made the same appeal in 1966 when Morocco also suffered from a long drought.

“The need to secure water for priority sectors, such as driving and industry,” said that agriculture was the worst “with most irrigation areas subject to strict regulations and water.”

Import tax and value -added tax have been raised on livestock, sheep, camels and red meat recently to help install prices across Morocco.