18 Jan, 2018 @ 15:34
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First EVER trial for custody of DOG in Spain begins for divorced Andalucia couple

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THE first ever trial in Spain for custody of a dog has begun today.

It comes after Spain changed its civil code to no longer consider dogs as possessions but ‘living beings’.

A Bordeaux bulldog named Leben will be the protagonist in the trial between its owners, who after their divorce want to determine who will take custody.

The trial is in Falset (Tarragona), with the ex-husband wanting to take the pup home to Andalucia.

In 2014, the ex-partner opened an animal recovery center where Leben was rescued after being mistreated in Madrid, where he was used for illegal fights.

According to the owner, the dog lived with him from the beginning, but his ex-wife is now claiming custody.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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