Animals/Pets news & information for Spain

A SPECIES of cat living wild in Madrid over 10,000 years ago has been discovered in an archaeological dig in Madrid.

NATIONAL Police, the Guardia Civil, Armed Forces and fire brigade in Spain have launched their second 'Adopt a Pensioner' campaign – a scheme seeking loving forever homes for retired emergency service dogs.

FOSSILS of giraffes dating back nine million years found in a Madrid archaeological dig have shed light on how the species has evolved – and revealed that the earliest examples did not have the characteristic long...

A MISSING two-year-old girl has been found along with her dog, who kept her safe overnight for seven hours, reveal Guardia Civil officers in the province of Ávila.

A EUROPEAN directive on animal protection will finally enter Spanish law and come into force in February – 30 years after it was passed.

ELEPHANTS are breeding like rabbits at Cantabria's huge open-air wildlife park – two babies have been born in less than a month out of a total of 19 since the year 1990, something staff say is 'extraordinary,...

The Cantabrian Brown Bear Foundation (FOP) has released encouraging census data relating to breeding females in the Cantabrian mountains of northwest Spain, which suggests that the "extremely threatened" animal...

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.

THOUSANDS of demonstrators have called for 'political bravery' on the part of governments to pass a law banning bull-fighting once and for all across Spain.

A COW who disappeared 13 days ago in Burriana (Castellón province) has her own profile on Twitter as authorities search high and low for her.

A DOLPHIN calf has died on a beach in Mojácar (Almería province) after the stress caused by hundreds of bathers handling and crowding round her led to her suffering a heart attack.

A COSTA Brava couple keeps a lion as a pet in their back yard – and it's perfectly legal, assures their local council.