A CAT'S persistent miaowing in the middle of the night saved the residents of an entire apartment block when they woke to find it on fire. The blaze had started in the flat occupied by the cat and his mum, a 65-year...
ANIMAL-LOVERS in Extremadura have joined the national campaign against hunting with hounds in light of the inhumane conditions and cruel fate suffered by podencos and greyhounds. The Roman city of Mérida in the heart...
MORE and more Spaniards want to take their pets on holiday with them – in fact, one hotel booking site says nearly three in 10 searches relate to accommodation where animals are allowed. Half of all homes in Spain...
A TOWN hall in central Spain is building a DNA database of dogs in a bid to stamp out the problem of excrement on its pavements., The city of Guadalajara, in the region of Castilla-La Mancha, says the genetic samples...
VALENCIA residents have been asked to vote online to name a baby giraffe born a month ago at the city's Bioparc open-air safari centre. One of the highly-endangered Baringo species, the baby – a female – is the...
A PIONEERING programme to ensure the protection of feral cat colonies in Madrid will be run by the council's health and environmental departments, involving sterilising, chipping and feeding. Continuing from the...
FIREFIGHTERS have rescued a horse who fell into his owner's swimming pool on an urbanisation in Llíria (Valencia province). They were called out from the station in nearby L'Eliana after the frantic woman...
SPAIN'S first-ever Indian rhinoceros born in captivity will soon be leaving Benidorm's Terra Natura theme park for a new life in southern Ireland. Shusto, who is four and already weighs a tonne, is off to the...
A PIONEERING ‘animal therapy’ charity in a Costa Blanca town has launched its first session by bringing trained dogs into an elderly Day Centre. Thanks to a grant from the La Caixa bank social fund, new association...
PET shelters in the Greater Madrid region are not allowed to put animals to sleep if they are unclaimed or cannot be rehomed, thanks to a new law reform updating legislation dating back to 1990. And €30,000 fines will...
THE Balearic Islands could become the third region in Spain to officially outlaw bull-fighting, thanks to a motion put forward by a left-wing independent party which looks set to gain the support of a majority. MP for...
A GUIDE dog has become the latest four-legged 'student' in Spain to appear in a graduation class photo – and even wears a mortar board. Idena is shown in the line-up of the official social work degree Class of...
