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Spain’s Andalucia to implement ‘Exceptional’ measures to control wild boar population—including selective hunting
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FOLLOWING recurrent sightings of wild boars in urban areas, including several boars which surprised beachgoers in Marbella last...
Spain passes animal rights bill, but excludes hunting dogs from new protections
A CONTROVERSIAL new animal rights law has passed the Spanish parliament, but with an important exception: it will not cover hunting dogs or other...
Spanish animal rights party shares bizarre video of naked hunter with a partridge hanging from his genitals
PACMA, Spain’s animal-rights political party, has shared a bizarre video of a naked hunter via its social media accounts.
In the recording, a man – whose face...
PP fails in bid to overturn wolf hunting ban in Spain
A BID to overturn Spain’s wolf hunting ban by Spain’s conservative opposition party has been rejected by parliament.
The Popular Party (PP), supported by several...
IN PICS: Six cute-looking flying fox babies are born in Benidorm’s Terra Natura in Spain
SIX flying fox pups have been born and are doing well at Benidorm's Terra Natura Zoo.
At birth they weighed in at around 50 grams...
‘Orgy of blood and death’: Outrage over mass slaughter of trapped animals during hunt in southern Spain
THEY each paid €1000 to participate in the shoot which took place on a huge private estate in Andalucia.
The 70 hunters dispatched half a...
Wolf hunting to be banned in Spain but divisions persist over predator
THE wolf has divided society for centuries but now it will be protected in Spain after a ban on hunting comes into action from...
Two hunters convicted of shooting protected wolf in Spain in landmark case
TWO hunters have been convicted for the shooting of an Iberian wolf back in 2015.
The shooting took place on November 29 in the town...
Hunters blamed after bullet-ridden corpse of endangered Iberian Lynx found in Spain
HUNTERS have been blamed after the bullet-ridden body of a rare Iberian Lynx was found by a police sniffer dog.
Guardia Civil had launched a...
‘DIRTY SECRET’: Spain’s hunters leave 50,000 dogs to die with many thrown down wells as hunting season ends
Previously dogs were tied to tree branches or had their throats cut, and some were even tied to railway tracks or burned alive
EXCLUSIVE: British expat’s ‘beautiful’ rescue pup mauled to death by ‘out of control’ hunting dogs despite BAN on...
Her Daschund mix was ‘torn to shreds’ by an out-of-control pack of hunting dogs
Expat appears in court after shooting and killing boy, 4, during hunt in Spain’s Andalucia
The boy, from Ecija, was taking part in the hunt with his father when he was tragically shot
WATCH: Hunter in Spain throws injured fox through air and repeatedly STAMPS on its head (WARNING: distressing images)
https://twitter.com/alfonslopeztena/status/1079033354819944453
SHOCKING images have shown a Spanish hunter chase a fox and then smile to the camera after he stamps on its head.
The hunter, in...
Hunters defend shocking video of dogs and deer falling off cliff as ‘isolated incident’ as politicians call for BAN
HUNTERS have hit back after a video of dogs and a deer falling off a cliff during a hunt went viral.
The footage has been...
WATCH: Heart-stopping footage of dogs and deer falling off cliff during hunt in Spain (WARNING: Distressing footage)
https://www.facebook.com/juan.lopezdeuralde/videos/518715038594875/
THIS is the heart-stopping moment around a dozen dogs and a deer fell off a cliff during a hunt in Spain.
The footage was shared...
WATCH: 300 dogs chained to walls living in their own faeces and urine in Spain’s Andalucia
https://twitter.com/PartidoPACMA/status/1045229128637648897
THIS is the shocking footage of some of up to 300 dogs found chained to walls and living in their own faeces and urine.
The...
Hunting licence renewals drop in Spain and Andalucia
A total of 2,936 permisos in the region lapsed without renewal in 2016, much higher than in Madrid (1,803) and Cataluña (1,423), the other top regions with fewest renewals
Outrage as Andalucia Partido Popular branch launches campaign to protect hunting as a ‘cultural practice’
They argue it has 'deep roots' in the province
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Check out 11 native species still living life on the edge
Hunter shoots to death two forest rangers at point blank range after being asked to show his hunting license
The shooter has claimed he has 'no memory' of the murders
Hunter killed by wild boar in Galicia
Man was stooping to kill animal with a knife when it attacked
Spain slaughters and abandons 100,000 hunting dogs every year
When they’re no longer useful to their owners, these dogs meet a tragic fate
March in Malaga and Madrid against annual slaughter of thousands of dogs
The Malaga march is being held on February 1
Queen star slams Prince Wills and Harry’s hunting trip to Andalucia
Brian May has described the Princes' hunting trip as inhumane and illogical
Princes William and Harry shoot wild boar on hunting trip to Spain
The brothers are staying at a luxury lodge on a country estate near Cordoba - owned by the Duke of Westminster - one of the richest men in Britain
Spain animal rights groups call for ban on hunting with dogs
Half a million greyhounds are abandoned every year when they become too slow to hunt with
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