Animals News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

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

Watch: Hammerhead shark ‘is spotted swimming off Sotogrande’ near Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the moment a hammerhead shark was reportedly spotted swimming off the coast of southern Spain this week. In a video shared on social

2 Oct, 2024 @ 17:07

Andalucia·Animals·Cadiz·Costa del Sol·Environment·Lead

Watch: Terrifying moment bull charges through a fence in Spain and gores a 74-year-old man to death before injuring a little girl aged four

The tragic incident occurred in Pantoja, Toledo, at around 10.34am on Tuesday morning, and resulted in the bull being shot to death by Policia Local

24 Sep, 2024 @ 17:16

Animals·La Cultura·Lead

Shark drama ends in tragedy in Spain’s Alicante as two-metre animal is killed by a swordfish

The young specimen was recorded swimming up to the shore on Les Deveses beach in Denia on Sunday

24 Sep, 2024 @ 15:13

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead

Watch: Golden retriever dog swims after shark on Spain’s Costa Blanca while terrified owners scream in panic

THIS is the hair-raising moment a pet dog playfully chased after a shark along the shores of Alicante. In a video shared online, the golden

24 Sep, 2024 @ 12:04

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead·Video

Watch: Horse used to ferry tourists on a carriage collapses on Spain’s Costa del Sol before driver ‘yells and hits it in the face’

A HORSE used to give tourists carriage rides around Fuengirola, Malaga has collapsed before the driver ‘hit it in the face’ and ‘yelled’ at it.

17 Sep, 2024 @ 18:03

Animals·Lead·Malaga·Video

Exclusive: PETA enters Mijas donkey taxi row: Global animal rights group offers mayor an electric tuk-tuk ‘in exchange for banning the trade’

ANIMAL rights group PETA has urged the mayor of Mijas to ban donkey taxis in exchange for an electric tuk-tuk. Last week, over 100 expats

2 Sep, 2024 @ 13:07

Animals·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Malaga

Bull collapses and dies on tourist beach after jumping into the sea during traditional festival on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BULL has died while taking part in a the traditional ‘bous a la mar’ event on the Costa Blanca. The fiesta in Javea sees

31 Aug, 2024 @ 19:28

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead

Huge fish capable of eating DOGS is discovered in a swimming lake in Spain

A GIANT catfish capable of eating a small dog has been caught in a reservoir in north-west Spain. A 31-year-old fisherman, Aitor Garcia, netted the

23 Aug, 2024 @ 12:45

Animals·Lead·National News

Watch: Hair-raising moment tourist in Spain gets an octopus stuck to his back after night-time swim in the sea

THIS is the moment a tourist in Spain was left with an octopus on his back after a night-time dip in the sea. Footage shared

22 Aug, 2024 @ 23:00

Animals·Environment·Lead·Video

Brits clash with locals in Spain’s Mijas as their demonstration against donkey taxis is met with a counterprotest: Police attend to keep the peace

BRITS have led protests today against Mijas’ infamous donkey taxis as they call for a boycott of the tourist ploy. The protest follows an incident

22 Aug, 2024 @ 16:10

Andalucia·Animals·Lead·Malaga

‘Crocodile sighting’ forces closure of major beach in Spain

A POPULAR Catalunya beach was closed off to swimmers for three hours on Wednesday after reports of a crocodile wandering on the sand. A security

22 Aug, 2024 @ 12:03

Animals·Catalunya·Lead

Watch: Spain investigates the presence of great white sharks off coast of emerging tourist hotspot

SPANISH researchers are investigating the presence of great white sharks in the waters off northern Spain. While the animals are more often found in warmer,

21 Aug, 2024 @ 13:30

Animals·Environment·Lead·Video

Cycling Dutchman is travelling from the Netherlands to Spain’s Mijas in aid of donkey sanctuary

A DUTCHMAN is cycling from the Netherlands to Spain in aid of a donkey sanctuary in Mijas. From Heemskerk, a picturesque town in the north

21 Aug, 2024 @ 11:22

Andalucia·Animals·Lead·Malaga

Exclusive: British tourist ‘is savagely attacked by a donkey taxi driver’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol while ‘trying to document animal abuse’

A BRITISH tourist has been attacked by a Mijas donkey owner after attempting to expose ‘horrific animal abuse’. Ian Grace, 52, began filming after seeing

19 Aug, 2024 @ 13:36

Andalucia·Animals·Lead·Malaga

Watch: Hammerhead shark is spotted swimming in port of major tourist resort in Spain

A HAMMERHEAD shark has been spotted swimming in the port of a major tourist resort in Spain. The sighting occurred this week at the Las

17 Aug, 2024 @ 11:25

Animals·Canary Islands·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: British tourist vows to ‘never return’ to this town on Spain’s Costa del Sol after seeing ‘shocking animal abuse’

A BRITISH tourist has vowed to never return to a Costa del Sol resort after witnessing ‘shocking’ animal abuse. A holidaymaker told the Olive Press

5 Aug, 2024 @ 17:20

Animals·Costa del Sol·Lead

Cats are being shot, brutally beaten and submerged in boiling water by ‘cruel’ locals in southern Spain, claim animal activists

CATS are being shot at, poisoned and deliberately run over by ‘cruel’ locals in southern Spain, animal activists have claimed. In a shocking statement, the

5 Aug, 2024 @ 12:03

Andalucia·Animals·Lead

Watch: Girl in Spain finds huge snake slithering in her bed – and has no idea where it came from

THIS is the moment emergency services recovered a snake from the bedroom of a young girl in southern Spain last night. At around 3.55am, the

31 Jul, 2024 @ 14:33

Animals·Environment·Lead·Sevilla

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