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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

WATCH: Dramatic moment 80 horses and dogs are rescued from Malaga stables during DANA flash floods

THIS is the moment dozens of horses and dogs were rescued from the jaws of death during lethal DANA floods this week. Footage shared on

14 Nov, 2024 @ 12:37

Animals·Lead·Malaga·Video·Weather

Cute ‘sugar glider’ possums are exploring their surroundings after being born in Benidorm park

TWO sugar glider possums have been born at Benidorm’s Terra Natura- a first for the animal conservation park. The babies are now three months old

9 Nov, 2024 @ 12:00

Animals·Benidorm·Lead

Watch: Police dog named Darwin searches for bodies in flood-hit zones of Spain’s Valencia – after corpses wash up on beaches

POLICIA Nacional in Spain have shared footage of one of their top sniffer dogs looking for human remains in Valencia. In clips uploaded to X,

8 Nov, 2024 @ 12:00

Animals·Lead·Valencia

‘Go to hell!’ Outrage in Spain over ‘charity bullfights’ that will raise money for DANA flood victims – as one poster is branded ‘insulting’

A STRING of charity bullfights that will raise money for victims of the deadly DANA floods in Spain have received backlash online. It comes after

8 Nov, 2024 @ 09:00

Animals·Lead

How volunteer vets and animal experts in flood-hit Valencia are helping to treat pets and reunite them with their owners

How volunteer vets and animal experts in flood-hit Valencia are treating pets and trying to reunite them with their heart-broken owners

VOLUNTEER vets have gone to flood-hit Paiporta to treat pets at a pop-up veterinary surgery using donated medicines and equipment. Meanwhile a football club pitch

7 Nov, 2024 @ 17:09

Animals·Lead·Valencia

Fears for horses, cats and dogs swept away or injured during devastating floods in Spain: PACMA launches string of appeals for destroyed shelters

HUNDREDS of animals have been left without food, water and shelter as floods continue to batter the Valencia region. Spain’s Animal Rights and Environmental Party

30 Oct, 2024 @ 17:22

Animals·Lead·Valencia

Spain wants to re-classify primates like gorillas and orangutangs as humans – this is why

THE Spanish government has launched a public consultation on a law which would classify primates – including gorillas, orangutans, bonobos and chimpanzees – as humans.

27 Oct, 2024 @ 19:00

Animals·Lead

Spanish police dog Neo is awarded medal of honour after detecting 800kg of cocaine at Barcelona port

AN ENGLISH springer spaniel called Neo has been given an award after detecting over 800 kilos of cocaine in the port of Barcelona. The stash

27 Oct, 2024 @ 08:00

Animals·Barcelona·Lead

Exclusive: Irish expat’s life is saved after her pet cat Coco ‘detects carbon monoxide leak’ inside their Marbella flat

AN expat’s cat ‘saved her life’ after the clever moggy ‘warned’ her of carbon monoxide poisoning inside their Marbella flat. Debbie Lush was forced to

26 Oct, 2024 @ 19:00

Animals·Costa del Sol·Lead·Marbella

Local who shot two cats to death on Spain’s Costa Blanca avoids jail

Outrage after local who shot two shelter cats to death on Spain’s Costa Blanca avoids jail

AN ELCHE man has avoided going to prison despite brutally shooting two cats dead with his hunting rifle. The 54-year-old Elche council employee fired several

23 Oct, 2024 @ 11:42

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead

Emergency rights to hunt rabbits are granted in parts of southern Spain – this is why

EMERGENCY rights to hunt wild rabbits in the Murcia region have been approved as citrus crops get ravaged by the animal. An order affecting 15

14 Oct, 2024 @ 18:00

Animals·Lead

Dramatic new study reveals that nearly half of Spain's vertebrate animal population is in decline with amphibians and inland fish most at risk

Damning report warns of plummeting animal populations in Spain

AROUND 40% of the vertebrate animal population in the Iberian Peninsula is in decline according to study done by researchers from Alicante and Barcelona universities.

9 Oct, 2024 @ 07:00

Animals·Environment

Two Iberian lynxes fatally struck by vehicles in Spain’s Doñana Area, prompting calls for enhanced road safety

Three vulnerable lynx cats are fatally run over in Spain’s Andalucia

AN ENVIRONMENTAL group is demanding special road warning signs after three rare Iberian lynxes were run over in the space of a few days on

4 Oct, 2024 @ 12:45

Andalucia·Animals·Lead

Incredible starfish fossil dating back 55 million years is discovered in Spain

A STARFISH fossil dating back 55 million years has been discovered in the Spanish pyrenees. The Parque Nacional de Ordesa and Monte Perdido have been

4 Oct, 2024 @ 10:53

Animals·Lead

No kid-ding! ‘Pet’ goat with a collar is ‘detained’ by police while exploring tourist hotspot on Spain’s Costa Blanca – as appeal is launched to find owner

POLICE in Spain have launched an appeal to reunite a lost goat with its owner after it wandered into a tourist town on the Costa

3 Oct, 2024 @ 15:03

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead

Chimpanzee carries her dead baby around for months in heartbreaking scenes at a wildlife park in Spain

Chimpanzee at a Spanish zoo finally lets go of her dead baby’s body after cradling it for seven months

A CHIMPANZEE has finally ‘let go of her pain’ after releasing the body of her dead baby after cradling it for seven months. Natalia, who

3 Oct, 2024 @ 11:58

Animals·Lead·Valencia

First Sightings Of Poisonous Processionary Caterpillars That Can Kill Dogs In Spain

Deadly caterpillar warning in Spain: Creatures capable of killing dogs are ‘expanding massively’

EXPERTS are sounding the alarm about a deadly caterpillar that is expanding across Spain. The processionary caterpillars typically hibernate over winter (pictured above) in forest

3 Oct, 2024 @ 11:45

Animals·Environment·Lead