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86-year-old Briton among injured as San Fermín bull-running festival draws to a close

News Desk15th July 202620th July 2026

15th July 202620th July 20261030

Spain’s world-famous San Fermín festival in Pamplona (Navarra) came to an end on Tuesday, after its eighth and final bull run left 10 participants injured, including...

Vatican audience disrupted by anti-bullfighting activists before pope’s Spain trip

News Desk4th June 20267th June 2026

4th June 20267th June 2026964

Two anti-bullfighting activists were removed from St Peter’s Square in Rome on Wednesday after briefly disrupting Pope Leo’s popemobile during a public audience at the...

Rare Bornean orangutan birth at Madrid Zoo Aquarium marks conservation boost

News Desk16th April 202619th April 2026

16th April 202619th April 20261521

Madrid’s zoo has announced the birth of a critically endangered Bornean orangutan, in what conservationists describe as a significant boost for efforts to protect one...

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

News Desk28th January 20262nd February 2026

28th January 20262nd February 20261922

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 20261801

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 20251542

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 20253037

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 20251843

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 20251858

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 20253883

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...

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