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Triple A worker fumes as Marbella animal shelter floods for second time following town hall’s €1.8m upgrade

A MARBELLA animal shelter is fuming after facilities flood for the second time since a €1.8m upgrade from the town hall. Heavy rain this week

13 Mar, 2025 @ 16:25

Animals·Lead·Marbella·Weather

Desperate search for ‘British owners’ of dogs found wandering a train station in Spain

AN appeal has been launched to track down the owners of two adorable dogs who were found wandering a train station in Spain. The two

19 Feb, 2025 @ 16:04

Animals·Barcelona·Lead

Sacked shepherd steals 264 sheep from ex-employer and sells them to rival farms in Spain

Shepherd is arrested in Spain for ‘stealing 264 sheep from his boss’ after being sacked

A SACKED shepherd at an Extremadura region farm took revenge on his ex-employer by stealing 264 of his sheep. The former worker, 41, has been

11 Feb, 2025 @ 10:43

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead

Wild boars force evacuation of children’s playground in Malaga – amid surge in incidents along the Costa del Sol

DOZENS of children, teenagers, and their families have been forced to evacuate a Malaga park after a group of wild boars invaded the area. Residents

10 Feb, 2025 @ 16:04

Animals·Lead·Malaga·Nature

Watch: Snake measuring 1.5 metres is found slithering down street in Estepona

FIREFIGHTERS rushed to a street in Estepona this Thursday, in order to deal with a 1.5 metre snake. At 3pm on Thursday, the 112 Emergency

7 Feb, 2025 @ 20:00

Animals·Lead·Nature·Other News·Video

Watch: Wild boars storm shopping centre on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A SOUNDER of wild boars has been filmed running through a busy shopping centre on the Costa del Sol. In video footage shared online, a

4 Feb, 2025 @ 08:00

Animals·Costa del Sol·Lead·Video

British expat to take on bike ride endurance test to raise money for horse rescue centre in Spain

British expat takes on bike ride endurance test to raise money for horse rescue charity in Spain

A VOLUNTEER at the Easy Horse Care Rescue centre in Alicante province is taking on an epic cycle journey in June to raise money for

2 Feb, 2025 @ 07:00

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead

Owner of Husky shot dead in Spain’s Malaga demands justice

A DISTRAUGHT resident of Coin near Malaga in Spain is calling for justice after her four-year-old Husky, Dylan, was shot dead in a residential area.

31 Jan, 2025 @ 14:08

Andalucia·Animals·Lead

Horse carriages will be eliminated by the end of the year in Spain’s Malaga

THE MAYOR of Malaga has announced he wants to end horse carriages by the end of the year. Francisco de la Torre made the announcement

15 Jan, 2025 @ 19:00

Animals·Lead·Malaga

Watch: Locals film ‘cute’ wild boars and their babies outside Costa del Sol shopping centre – and seem unaware of the dangers

THIS is the moment a sounder of boars was filmed searching for food outside a Costa del Sol shopping centre. Footage shared on Instagram this

29 Dec, 2024 @ 14:16

Animals·Lead·Malaga·Video

Rare marmoset species babies are born and doing well at Benidorm’s Terra Natura park

TWO baby cotton-head marmosets, one of the world’s most endangered primate species, have been born at Terra Natura Benidorm. The births happened in October, but

27 Dec, 2024 @ 15:00

Animals·Benidorm

Fossil of dog-like sabre-toothed creature dating back 270 million years found in Spain

Bizarre fossil of dog-like sabre-toothed creature dating back 270 million years is found in Spain

THE fossil of a pre-dinosaur carnivore dating back 270 million years has been discovered in Mallorca’s Tramuntana mountains. The appearance of the gorgonopsio named since

17 Dec, 2024 @ 16:14

Animals·Lead·Nature

Whale carcass washes up on Marbella’s Guadalmina Beach

A DEAD whale has been pictured washed up on a beach in Marbella. The carcass was spotted by a local on Guadalmina beach in San

17 Dec, 2024 @ 13:23

Animals·Lead·Marbella

Dramatic rescue of horse who fell three metres down into underground storage bunker in Spain

IN PICS: Dramatic rescue of horse who fell over three metres into underground silo in Spain

A VALENCIA fire crew used a crane to rescue a horse that had fallen three-and-a-half metres into an underground silo. It was a happy ending

16 Dec, 2024 @ 17:00

Animals·Lead·Valencia

Wild boars go on a gentle stroll along a seaside promenade in Spain

Wild boars go for a gentle stroll along seaside promenade in Spain

TWO wild boars were photographed taking a gentle seaside promenade stroll in Castellon province over the bank holiday weekend. La Concha Beach in Oropesa del

9 Dec, 2024 @ 17:15

Animals·Castellon·Lead

Watch: Nine adorable lion cubs find a home in Spain after being rescued from a French circus

NINE adorable lion cubs have found a new home in Spain after being rescued from a circus in France Alicante now has its very own

7 Dec, 2024 @ 11:00

Alicante·Animals·Lead·Video

Toy poodle importers faked pedigree certificates to charge €4k per dog in Spain

Warning over fraudulent toy poodle breeders in Spain after gang ‘forged pedigree certificates to charge €4,000 per dog’

THREE people from the Valencia region made €200,000 in just one year by illegally importing toy poodles from China and forging pedigree certificates. The Policia

29 Nov, 2024 @ 15:00

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead

Watch: Extraordinary moment three TONNES of octopi and clams are seized in Spain’s Andalucia – this is why

MORE than three tonnes of octopi and clams have been seized in southern Spain. In footage shared online, the Guardia Civil can be seen removing

27 Nov, 2024 @ 11:54

Andalucia·Animals·Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Video

Rise of the pigs! Wild boars in Spain have learned how to ransack streetside rubbish containers

WILD boars have been spotted rifling through garbage containers in the Javea area of the Costa Blanca and removing individual bags with their teeth. They’ve

26 Nov, 2024 @ 15:04

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead

Watch: Moment vulture descends on tourists in Spain’s Mijas before being rescued by police

THIS is the moment a vulture caused a scene in Mijas Pueblo at the weekend. The bird of prey was filmed perched on the awning

25 Nov, 2024 @ 16:17

Animals·Costa del Sol·Lead

Endangered Iberian wolves were kept illegally as pets in a fenced area on Murcia property

A MAN is being investigated by Murcia’s Guardia Civil for keeping four Iberian wolves as pets in a fenced area next to house in Lorca.

24 Nov, 2024 @ 12:00

Animals·Lead·Murcia

Pictured: Stunning Mongolian horses are relocated to Spain as part of rewilding programme

SPAIN has welcomed stunning Mongolian horses as part of an ambitious rewilding project. Some ten rare wild horses native to the steppes of Central Asia

16 Nov, 2024 @ 09:00

Animals·La Cultura·Video