AN ANIMAL shelter in Benimàmet, near Valencia has launched an urgent appeal for foster homes after its premises became flooded during the freak storms hitting the eastern region this week. Record rainfall reaching up...
STAFF at Valencia's Bioparc saved a zebra foal who walked straight into a river within seconds of being born. The foal came into the world yesterday (Wednesday) evening, to the delight of carers who watched and...
A GOAT managed to sneak into A&E at Valencia's La Fe hospital, causing patients and staff to do a double take at the sight of the unusual visitor. Local Police were called at around 10.00 on Saturday, and...
VALENCIA'S first-ever 'cat café' has just opened on the C/ Túria (number 28) with a huge collection of rescued moggies seeking homes. 'El Passatge dels Gats' is home to felines rescued from the...
A TOWN near Valencia will check DNA in dog 'deposits' not cleared up from the street to trace the owners and fine them – the latest in a series of increasingly-creative ways of combating the pet excrement...
VALENCIA'S mayor Joan Ribó is questioning whether 'Portuguese-style' bullfights would solve the impasse between the pro-bull and anti-bull brigades – a spectacle where the animal is not tortured or killed...
A PRO-BULLFIGHTING protest gathered over 30,000 people on the streets of Valencia at the same time as an anti-bullfight demonstration brought several dozen others to the same venue today. The march finished at the...
A SECOND aardvark, or anteater, has been born in a Spanish wildlife park – and staff at Valencia's Bioparc say the new arrival and his mother are doing very well. Mum and baby live in an area designed to reflect...
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...
AN ESCAPED cow forced police to shut the main V-30 Valencia ringroad on Monday morning after a farmer's lorry came undone. Officers were called at 09.00hrs by the driver who said a cow had got out of the vehicle and...
GUARDIA Civil officers who noticed a dog which had been run over and left to die by the roadside gave him first-aid and called the nearest animal protection society. They saw the animal lying by the side of the V-23 in...
A NATIONAL Police officer in Valencia climbed up a four-metre (13-foot) wall to rescue a pet cat on Monday night, and has posed for a photo with him on Twitter. The officer, David, was called out by a distressed owner...
