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Spain advances legal reform to ban minors from attending or taking part in bullfighting

News Desk28th January 20262nd February 2026

28th January 20262nd February 2026703

The Spanish government has presented a draft proposal that would prevent children and teenagers from attending or taking part in bullfights and other events involving...

Hope amid tragedy as dog missing after train tragedy in Andalusia is found safe

News Desk22nd January 202627th January 2026

22nd January 202627th January 20261150

After a week marked by grief following two deadly train crashes, Spain received a rare moment of relief on Thursday: Boro, the dog who went...

Four people under investigation as Guardia Civil rescue nearly 500 exotic animals from unlicensed shelter

News Desk16th November 202520th November 2025

16th November 202520th November 20251136

Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Saturday that they had raided an unlicensed animal sanctuary and rescued hundreds of exotic creatures. They also said that...

Spain bans raising of poultry outdoors from Monday due to increase in bird flu cases

News Desk9th November 202513th November 2025

9th November 202513th November 20252606

Spain’s Agriculture Ministry has ordered a preventive measure that bans raising poultry outdoors as of Monday 10 November. No end date has been set. The...

Catalan town halts black cat adoptions amid fears of Halloween ‘rituals’

News Desk16th October 202521st October 2025

16th October 202521st October 20251428

Long associated with superstition, bad (or good) luck and occult symbolism, black cats have been given special protection in a Catalan town that has temporarily...

Spanish court applies gender violence law to convict man for killing puppy in front of partner

News Desk25th September 20251st October 2025

25th September 20251st October 20251445

A Spanish court has issued a landmark ruling by convicting a man for killing a puppy in front of his partner, marking the first time...

Guardia Civil bust illegal trafficking ring of protected species in Valencia

News Desk27th August 20252nd September 2025

27th August 20252nd September 20253604

Spain’s Guardia Civil said on Tuesday that it had broken up an illegal network involved in trading wild animals, among them species that are endangered...

Swimming at beaches in Alicante province prohibited due to rare ‘blue dragon’ sea slug

News Desk21st August 202525th August 2025

21st August 202525th August 20255046

Swimming at beaches along Guardamar del Segura in the Alicante province (Valencia region) was prohibited on Wednesday and Thursday morning after two examples of a...

Spain’s Guardia Civil seize illegal ivory carvings, worth over €226k

News Desk6th August 202511th August 2025

6th August 202511th August 20252498

Spanish authorities have confiscated dozens of ivory carvings believed to have been crafted from the tusks of endangered African and Asian elephants, as part of...

Guardia Civil arrest two people in Mallorca for alleged smuggling of exotic felines

News Desk15th April 202521st April 2025

15th April 202521st April 20251898

Spain’s Guardia Civil police have arrested two people in connection with the sale of exotic felines on the internet. The authorities seized 19 animals, including a...

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