Spanish police seize over 1,000 stuffed animals, including endangered species
Spanish police have seized over 1,000 stuffed animals, including hundreds of endangered or extinct species, in one of the largest hauls of its kind. The
Animal Welfare
Opinion: the world’s first octopus farm in Gran Canaria would be a stain on humanity
Anyone who has watched the Academy Award-winning documentary My Octopus Teacher can be in no doubt that these mesmerising animals are sentient, awe-inspiring, and highly
New law is passed to treat animals in Spain as ‘sentient beings’
A new bill has been passed in the Spanish Congress, with a ruling that animals in Spain should be treated as ‘sentient beings’ by law.
Outrage as bull is rammed and killed by vehicles, after escaping from bullring
Police are investigating and animal rights group are outraged after residents in a small town in central Spain rammed a bull to death with their
23 Iberian lynx cubs born in centres managed by Spain’s National Parks
As the latest Iberian lynx breeding season comes to an end, it has been announced that 23 new cubs have been born in breeding centres
Hunting of Iberian wolves now banned throughout Spain – yet farmers protest
Spain’s Environment Ministry has ruled that protection for wolves in the south of the country will now extend north of the Duero river, where controlled hunting
Happy ending for orphaned chimpanzee in Valencia
A baby chimpanzee who was rejected by its mother has found a new mum and been integrated in a group of other chimps at Bioparc