Tag: animals
PET LOVERS: Spain has twice as many pets than children under age of 15
SPAIN has more pets than children aged under 15—with 15 million pets compared to 6.6 million children under 15 years of age.
The number of...
Vets in Spain’s Malaga warn of increased risk of rabies in the province
THE risk of rabies in the province is on the rise veterinarians warn.
According to Antonio Villatoro, president of the Royal Academy of Veterinary Sciences...
Spanish ‘dog vampire’s’ animal blood empire in Madrid shut down by police
AUTHORITIES have dismantled the lucrative business of the Spanish dog vampire - a man who kept roughly 500 corpses of cats and dogs whose...
World’s most pampered pooches gather in Madrid for World Dog Show
MADRID has become the world’s capital of pedigree pooches this weekend, hosting a huge international dog show.
Think Crufts but on an even larger scale...
50 horses from Benahavis racecourse evacuated due to blazing fire in Spain’s Sierra Bermeja plus veterinary centre seeks foster...
FIFTY horses from the Benahavís racecourse have been evacuated from the area as a result of the fire that broke out this Wednesday, June...
PACMA slams Andalucian President’s attendance of Sevilla bullfight
SPANISH animal rights party PACMA has condemned animal rights abuses at Sevilla’s Feria de Abril.
Several horses have fainted from the heat at the Feria,...
Artificial insemination plan for endangered tapirs who won’t mate at Fuengirola Zoo on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A SPANISH zoo has announced it will try to use assisted reproduction of its ‘living fossil’ tapirs after impatiently waiting for several years for...
Animal rights campaigners in Spain plea for life of dog stranded at Madrid airport
A DOG has been stranded at Madrid airport unable to legally enter the country because his owner failed to have him microchipped.
Luno, arrived with...
Future giant panda stars of Spain’s Madrid Zoo make first public appearance
GIANT panda twins 'You You' and 'Jiu Jiu' born last September in Madrid Zoo Aquarium made their first public appearance on Monday.
They were the...
WATCH: The moment a lost dog is reunited with owners after seven years missing in southern Spain
THE moment a German Shepherd was reunited with its family, seven years after it went missing, has gone viral in Spain.
A skeletal looking Dino...
Donkey Dreamland: Discover a refuge for mistreated donkeys on Spain’s Costa del Sol
BEHIND a small wooden gate in the hills above La Cala de Mijas you’ll find the sort of place donkeys might dream about.
Because it...
Horsing around in Spain: Police probe after pony is seen being pulled through Almeria street by car
VIDEO footage of a pony being pulled through an Algeria street alongside a blue car has gone viral.
Passersby caught the driving horsing around on...
Massive whale beaches itself in Estepona in the south of Spain
SPANISH animal experts said on Thursday they were preparing to conduct an autopsy on a 12-metre-long whale that died after getting stranded at the...
Bless you! The day animals are welcomed at a Madrid church to celebrate San Anton
ONCE a year, on January 17, a strange crowd gathers on a street in Madrid’s fashionable Chueca district as Spain marks the feast day...
Police warn drivers in Spain to take extra care to make sure cats are not hiding under hood during...
WHEN you open a car bonnet you expect to see the usual things - the engine, battery, wires and windscreen fluid tank.
Perhaps the only...
Spain is European country with most species at risk of extinction
SPAIN is the European country with the most plants and animals at risk of extinction, according to a new analysis.
Data from the IUCN Red...
ANALYSIS: The beastly dilemma of animal rights in Spain
A new draft bill triggers fears of an animal farm scenario among the far right, writes Heather Galloway.
MANE ATTRACTION: Rare white lion cubs a hit at zoo in Spain’s Andalucia
TWO extremely rare white lion cubs have become the main attraction of an Andalucian zoo just a few weeks after being born.
The brother and...
Madrid judge awards joint custody of pet dog to separated couple in pioneering ruling for Spain
A MADRID court has issued a pioneering ruling awarding a separated couple joint custody of a pet.
In a sentence issued by Madrid’s Juzgado de...
EXPLAINER: What we know about Spain’s plan to introduce national ID for pets
SPAIN'S government has unveiled plans for a national ID scheme for domestic animals as part of a far-reaching animal welfare reform bill.
The new animal...
What you need to know about Spain’s animal welfare bill that bans sale of pets in shops and insists...
SPAIN has unveiled plans to change an animal’s status from a ‘thing’ to a ‘living being with feelings’ and grants them rights along with...
Police free 260 kilos of live octopus caught in illegal traps in Santoña, northern Spain
THE Civil Guard has managed to free 265 kilos of octopus caught in illegal traps owned by three poachers on the coast of Santoña.
Operation...
LA PALMA VOLCANO: Animals suffer and change behaviour as eruptions continue
WILDLIFE on the island of La Palma is facing a crisis as its volcano continues to erupt.
Manuel Nogales from the The Spanish National Research...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Like a horror movie’ as expat animal charity bosses fled Spain’s Sierra Bermeja wildfire while rescuing dozens of...
THE boss of the Costa del Sol’s most famous animal rescue centre has recalled the dramatic moment she and her husband had to evacuate...
WATCH: Pilgrim walking the Camino de Santiago with 7 goats, 3 donkeys and a dog stopped by Spain’s Guardia...
OFFICERS of the Guardia Civil's Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA), together with Policia local in Santo Domingo de La Calzada, northern Spain, have stopped a...
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