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This resort in Spain has BANNED horse drawn carriages for tourists in win for animal rights groups

A Mallorcan town will become the first council in Spain to ban horse drawn carriages in a ‘historic’ move.  The measures will ‘put an end...

Spain’s Civil Guard launches probe after nine wild horses found shot dead in Galicia

THE CIVIL GUARD has launched an investigation after nine wild horses were found dead in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region. The animals showed clear signs...

IN PICTURES: The festival in Spain where horses are ridden through flames

A TRADITION where horses are spurred to leap through 20 flaming bonfires has been revived after a COVID break - and not everyone is...

Horse meat gang banked €4.5 million by selling sick animals from Valencia farm in Spain

A joint Guardia Civil and Europol operation has dismantled a criminal gang that illegally marketed horses to be slaughtered for meat that was not...

Animal rights activists slam horse-drawn carriage cruelty at summer fair

ANIMAL rights activists have demanded more checks of horse-drawn carriages at the Malaga fair after a horse collapsed recently. The Spanish political party PACMA, that...

Animal activists in Spain call on Government to ban use of horses in fairs and pilgrimages

THE Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) has urged the central government to ban the use of horses at fairs and pilgrimages. PACMA has...

Horses in danger as animal charity makes desperate plea for help on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HORSES, donkeys, ponies and many other animals are at risk if the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre in Rojales can’t replace it’s ageing transport. The...

Paddocks Paradise: An unforgettable horse-riding experience in Andalucia’s Serrania de Ronda

FORGET everything you think you know about riding horses when you turn up at Paddock Paradise, a family-run establishment a few miles from Ronda...

Deadly mosquito-borne West Nile virus detected in 19 horses in Spain’s Andalucia

The current outbreak of the West Nile virus in the largest ever recorded in Andalucia, though cases of the disease have been detected for years.

Back in the saddle in the beautiful Andalucian countryside

TWELVE years ago I was in full preparation for the Andalucian Endurance Raid Riding Championships. Artensana, the Arabian purebred mare I’d been training for almost...

Man in Spain caught on camera having sex with HORSES ‘used himself and objects’ to abuse animals

A MAN in Spain has been caged after being caught on tape having sex with horses.  The twisted suspect was caught in the act after...

Evil animal abuser who killed TEN horses gets historic jail sentence in Spain

AN evil animal abuser has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison. Under the landmark ruling, the horse trader, from Extremadura, was also ordered to...

Two people arrested in Malaga for shocking abuse against horses

Police were first alerted to the abuse following a tip-off from a local resident

Donkey sanctuary ensures free roaming steeds keep their freedom

The donkey sanctuary vet has promised to return to the peak for further checks

Malaga horse breeders to try and impregnate mares with five visiting stallions in Coin

The five stallions will attempt to breed with every mare in the region

Inside the secret world of Sotogrande

Shhh and say it in sotto voce...Iona Napier demystifies the enigma of the discreet enclave, where royals rub shoulders with, well, decent down-to-earth folk

Jerez: The toast of Andalucia

Sherry is only part of the heady mix that makes Jerez a heaven for hedonists. Imogen Calderwood samples the cultural cocktail that leaves every visitor shaken and stirred

Dog fight waging between Mijas animal centre boss and former workers calling for its closure

A battle is being waged between obsessed animal-lover Kim Halliwell and a group of former volunteers, who want her rescue centre shut down

Cooler than the mint with the hole!

That’s polo at Sotogrande, writes Belinda Beckett, aka Mistress of Sizzle

Death in the afternoon

I am a horse lover. I always have been. In fact you can include donkeys in that, I’d add mules too, but I don’t know them so well, writes OP blogger Mary Biles

Equine outcasts teach us a thing or two

My life was fairly standard before moving to Seville... writes OP blogger Mary Biles

A racy evening at the Mijas hipodromo

A day (or night) at the Costa del Sol's only racehorse track is great entertainment

Blazing saddles

Residents from San Bartolome de los Pinares celebrated the annual Luminarias religious festival by riding horses through fire

Saved

EXCLUSIVE: The horses facing a happy Christmas after escaping from ‘horse killer’ Suzanne Jenkins

Man taming beast

This week's 'Andalucia in Pictures' zooms in on the Rapa das Bestas festival in Sabudeco

Massacre

Horses were killed in floods in Alhaurin de la Torre last week but there was some good news as a daring rescue mission took place

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