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IN PICS: Keepers hand-rear orphaned newborn gazelle from critically-endangered species at zoo in Spain’s Valencia

A CALF of an incredibly rare gazelle species is being hand reared by keepers at Valencia’s BioParc in eastern Spain after its mother died while

22 Aug, 2021 @ 15:00

Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Ice lollies and frozen trout: How Spain’s zoo animals are keeping cool during heatwave

AS temperatures soar above 40ºC across Spain as a heatwave intensifies, zoos and wildlife parks are working hard to keep their animals cool. That means

13 Aug, 2021 @ 16:26

Lead·Weather

Keeping Their Cool As Benidorm Animals Enjoy Ice Lollies As Heatwave Hits The Costa Blanca In Spain

IN PICS: Benidorm animals enjoy ice lollies as heatwave scorches Spain’s Costa Blanca

ANIMALS have been tucking into specially-made ice lollies to keep them cool at a Costa Blanca nature park. Temperatures reached 38.5 degrees in Alicante on

7 Jul, 2021 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

PUPPY LOVE: New study from Spain proves dogs really do make a home a happier place

Every dogowner already knows it, but now there is official scientific proof: a dog makes a home a happier place and is good for your

6 May, 2021 @ 17:54

Lead·National News

Pets in Spain move step closer to ‘human status’ with breakthrough animal welfare law

UNDER a new proposal passed by Spain’s parliament on Wednesday, domestic animals will be considered ‘living beings’ instead of mere objects. Spain’s congress voted to

21 Apr, 2021 @ 18:31

Lead·National News·Other News

Spain orders slaughter of cattle after months stranded in terrible conditions on ship at sea

SPAIN has ordered the slaughter of 1,610 young bulls which have been stranded aboard a livestock ship since December. The agriculture ministry on Monday said

22 Mar, 2021 @ 19:40

Lead·Murcia·Other News

ANIMAL HOUSE: Another good year for Valencia’s Bioparc

LAST year was yet another success for Valencia city’s Bioparc animal refuge. Always keen to escape the ‘zoo’ tag due to its negative connotations, the

18 Jan, 2021 @ 16:15

Environment·Valencia·Valencian Community

Weather alerts for freezing temperatures continue in Spain’s Andalucia

IT’S A DOG’S LIFE: Animal welfare experts in Valencia warn that leaving pets out in the cold can lead to prison

LEAVING pets outside in extreme weather conditions is a crime punishable with prison, animal welfare societies in Valencia are warning. With images doing the rounds

13 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Environment·Valencia·Valencian Community

Town “committed to animal welfare” rewarded with ‘no-slaughter policy’ for stray pets in Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO City Council has launched a new and improved service to deal with the area’s lost and found animals, with full management of adoptions

22 Jul, 2020 @ 18:28

Costa Blanca·Lead

Stray cats more at risk during coronavirus lockdown, says rescue centre on Spain’s Costa Blanca as it pleads for adoptions

BIG Red’s Animal Rescue Centre in Almoradi, Costa Blanca South, has at least nine cats that will need new homes from the end of this

12 May, 2020 @ 16:37

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

In Spain three animals are abandoned every five minutes

The group also points to the recent surge in the adoption of pets, which it claims can actually help perpetuate the cycle of ‘animal abuse’

5 Jan, 2020 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead

Becoming auntie to a herd of stray cats in southern Spain is harder than you think, writes Belinda Beckett

But the whole idea of being a colony auntie or uncle is that you have gained the cats’ trust, probably by feeding them

29 Apr, 2019 @ 10:36

Columnists

‘Hero’ expat donates a whopping 300 TINS of food to Costa del Sol dog sanctuary in need

It comes after the Estepona-based shelter made a plea on Facebook for tinned food this week

13 Sep, 2018 @ 13:28

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Seven Spanish traditions of extreme animal torture that MUST be stopped

Below we have rounded up seven of the country’s most sickening practices which must be stopped.

4 Feb, 2018 @ 11:22

Environment·Health·Lead·Sport

Pigging out: Spain’s agrarian sector rose for second year in the row

Animal production continues to dominate compared to weaker vegetal data numbers, part of which was caused by an increase in wildfires and drought this year.

16 Jan, 2018 @ 15:04

Business & Finance·Environment·Food & Drink

WATCH: Moment Malaga police capture giant snake

The serpent had devoured two swallows before it was caught

12 Jun, 2017 @ 15:19

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Adana dog shelter pleas for more volunteers

Centre helpers, fundraisers and foster carers are all needed by Estepona’s Adana Dog Shelter

1 Mar, 2017 @ 21:00

Lead·Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: Spanish hunters suspected of animal slaughter on British expat’s farm

Detectives from the environment section Seprona said it was one of the worst attacks they had seen

23 Jan, 2017 @ 09:46

Crime & Law·Environment·Granada·La Cultura·Lead·National News

British expat’s horror to find animal massacre in new Spanish home

EXCLUSIVE: Mother-of-three Kerry Matthews was appalled to discover at least 13 dead animals, some with their throats slit, on taking possession of a new rental

13 May, 2016 @ 09:27

Almeria·Crime & Law·Environment·Lead

Animal rights group fighting against closure of Mijas shelter

The Andalucian government is threatening to close a shelter in Mijas that homes 250 animals

20 May, 2015 @ 12:44

Lead

Humped together

Animal rights are too often forgotten in the name of 'entertainment'

18 Jan, 2015 @ 14:04

Opinion

Animal rescue crisis

The Olive Press is giving its full support to whatever is now deemed best for the animals at Kim's Animal Rescue Centre

17 Sep, 2014 @ 14:03

Opinion

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

17 Sep, 2014 @ 12:14

Lead·Malaga

Rising use of poison is wiping out Ronda wildlife

Environmental groups call for increased action and tougher sentences

18 May, 2014 @ 08:30

Lead

Rare rhino born in Spanish nature park

White rhino the first to be born in the park for 16 years

8 Dec, 2013 @ 18:30

National News

Mijas animal shelter full to bursting

Proteccion de Animales Domesticos (PAD) currently has 180 cats and 35 dogs that need rehoming

4 Nov, 2013 @ 16:30

Malaga

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