Animals/Pets news & information for Spain

WILDLIFE and travel photographer Alfonso Azaustre has captured a series of close-ups of the 'Granada panther' spotted by numerous witnesses on the loose in the countryside – and his footage shows there is...

A HANDFUL of witnesses swear they have spotted a black panther prowling around the Granada-province town of Ventas de Huelma – despite this predatory feline being native to the jungles of Central and South America.

ANIMALS at Tenerife's biggest and most famous safari park are celebrating the start of summer via social media to keep in touch with their human fans until the centre reopens for visitors.

THE FIRST-EVER white lion outside the wild has been born in Spain, in the MundoPark nature reserve in Guillena (Sevilla province).

EXCEPTIONALLY-CLEAR and very close-up footage of a brown bear has been taken in Galicia – the first time the species has been sighted there in 150 years.

PANICKED residents in a Galicia town called the Guardia Civil after seeing two fully-grown wolves strolling down their street – the latest rarely-spotted wild animals to reclaim the streets now humans have vacated...

ANIMAL care is included among the 'exceptions' for which people in Spain are allowed to leave their homes – which also covers feeding and attending to feral cat colonies, since these are regarded under...

GUARDIA Civil officers in Oviedo found a newborn foal wandering along a main road in the early hours of the morning, and managed to reunite him with his mum.

ATLÉTICO de Madrid midfielder Marcos Llorente is so thrilled at his team's performance in knocking Liverpool FC out of the Champions' League that he has named his new dog 'Anfield'.

A CARNIVORE which lived in Madrid around nine million years ago has just been named following joint research between scientists in the capital, in Catalunya and in South Africa.

AN ENDANGERED Dama Gazelle has been born at Valencia's Bioparc open-air safari centre – doubly good news, since her birth shows animal life at least is carrying on as normal despite the national lockdown.

PANICKED and disbelieving calls to the Local Police in Molina de Segura (Murcia) claimed a loose lion was wandering about in a country lane just outside the town.