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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

Plans move forward to cut bird electrocutions on power lines and deaths in wind turbines across Spain

PUBLIC consultation has started on a new law which will oblige electricity companies to do more to stop birds being electrocuted on high-voltage power lines

24 Jul, 2024 @ 13:15

Animals·Environment·Lead

Cruel scammers in Spain are arrested for ‘pretending to find missing dogs and charging their desperate owners compensation’

TWO people have been arrested in Mijas for allegedly defrauding owners of lost dogs seeking information about their missing pets. Three people were conned in

18 Jul, 2024 @ 22:00

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead

Horrific treatment of bull during a fiesta in Spain after its horn is ripped off and blood gushes out into public street

AN ANIMAL welfare group has condemned a Valencia area fiesta after a bull was tied to a rope which broke one of its horns with

9 Jul, 2024 @ 16:15

Animals·Lead·Valencia

Domestic goats in the Sierra de Callosa mountains

Watch: Goats storm villages in Spain in search of food and water – as locals demand action to tackle growing problem

FOR nearly four decades now, the residents of the Sierra de Callosa mountain range in the Valencia region have been faced with an unusual problem:

2 Jul, 2024 @ 13:29

Animals·Lead·Valencia

Outrage in southern Spain as music festival is blamed for deaths of endangered gazelles

NOISE from an Almeria music festival has been blamed for the death of four gazelles at an adjoining conservation centre. Almeria City Council says it

28 Jun, 2024 @ 07:00

Almeria·Andalucia

Two beluga whales rescued from war-torn Ukraine and flown over to new home in Spain

TWO beluga whales have been rescued from a dolphinarium in war-torn Ukraine and brought to the Oceanografic in Valencia. A 15-year-old male called Plombir and

19 Jun, 2024 @ 11:28

Animals·Lead·Valencia

You can now CLONE your beloved pet dog or cat thanks to a new company in Marbella – but it won’t be cheap

A MARBELLA clinic has become the first in Spain to offer pet cloning where a genetic copy of a cat or dog can be made

18 Jun, 2024 @ 13:30

Animals·Marbella

Adorable moment tiny kitten is rescued by police in Spain after travelling 200km trapped inside a car engine

A FEMALE kitten used up one of its nine lives after surviving a 200 kilometre journey trapped in a car engine. The vehicle was travelling

12 Jun, 2024 @ 17:45

Animals·Castellon·Lead

Veterinary hospital cleaner in Spain faces jail for having sex with a goat

Veterinary hospital cleaner in Spain faces jail after he was ‘caught in the act’ having sex with a goat

A CLEANER at a Madrid veterinary hospital faces up to three years in prison after he was accused of performing sex acts on a goat.

6 Jun, 2024 @ 12:01

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead

Hermes the Galapagos turtle arrives to Spain’s Costa del Sol: 20-year-old specimen finds new home at Fuengirola Bioparc

A GIANT Galapagos male turtle called Hermes has arrived as the latest guest at Bioparc Fuengirola. There are 15 different subspecies of giant turtles and

24 May, 2024 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Animals·Lead

Record number of illegally-kept 'protected' turtles found on farm in Spain

Farmer is arrested after police unearth 229 protected turtles on his land in Spain’s Valencia

THE Guardia Civil has removed 229 of Moorish turtles being kept illegally on a Valencia area farm- the largest seizure of its kind in Spain.

18 May, 2024 @ 12:00

Animals·Lead·Nature·Valencia

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

A FEMALE chimpanzee at the Valencia Bioparc is still grieving over the death of her baby three months on, by carrying its body in her

8 May, 2024 @ 11:36

Animals·Lead·Valencia

Adorable panda couple land in Spain from China: Jin Xi and Zhu Yu will spend the next few years at Madrid Zoo

TWO giant pandas have arrived in Spain on a flight from China, and will settle in to their new home- for the next few years-

1 May, 2024 @ 15:45

Animals·Lead·Madrid

Outrage after ‘badly abused’ cat is pictured dumped next to a bin on Spain’s Costa del Sol before dying

A CAT has died after being ‘badly abused’ and dumped next to a bin on the Costa del Sol, leaving residents outraged. READ MORE: Vulture

20 Mar, 2024 @ 12:41

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Escaped African Lynx found in garden on Spain’s Costa del Sol was illegally flown in from Russia

AN escaped African Lynx escaped from a Marbella home and ended up in the garden of a house some 20 kilometres away. The 20-kilo animal

8 Mar, 2024 @ 10:19

Alicante·Andalucia·Animals·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

New pair of Sri Lankan leopards arrive to a nature park on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A PAIR of Sri Lankan leopards called Uda and Okanda(pictured above) have a new home at Bioparc Fuengirola after transferring there from French zoos. The

11 Feb, 2024 @ 11:00

Andalucia·Animals·Lead·Malaga·Nature·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: British expat, 81, is ordered to stop feeding a feral cat colony on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Animal lover is threatened with €600 fine

A BRITISH animal lover has been left exasperated by a threat to fine him and volunteers up to €600 if they carry on feeding a

10 Feb, 2024 @ 12:00

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community