With Morocco’s sheep herds dwindling at an alarming rate, King Mohammed VI made a rare break with tradition by urging ...

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 ...

OULAD SLAMA, Morocco — Sheep come running when Larbi El Ghazouani pours alfalfa and straw into their troughs twice a day. The 55-year-old farmer had counted on selling the bulk of his 130 sheep ...

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

Larbi El Ghazouani, a 55-year-old farmer, tends to sheep he has bred in anticipation of Eid Al-Adha, an annual celebration in which Muslims sacrifice and feast on livestock in Ouled Slama, Morocco on ...

In an unprecedented move, King Mohammed VI of Morocco has urged citizens to forgo the traditional purchase of sheep for ...

FILE - Sheep are offered for sale for the upcoming Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha in a market on the outskirts of Rabat, Morocco, Thursday, July 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File) ...

The sheep price spikes are driven by increasingly sparse pastures, which offer less grazing room and raise the costs of feed for herders and farmers. Morocco’s agricultural minister told ...