https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Animal rights activists briefly interrupted Pope Francis' weekly audience at the Vatican Wednesday, holding up signs demanding an end to bullfighting in Spain and other countries. https://www.thelocal.es/20240808/activists-disrupt-popes-audience-to-call-for-end-of-bullfighting-in-spain Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:38:24 +0200 activists-disrupt-popes-audience-to-call-for-end-of-bullfighting-in-spain Twisting and grunting, a terrified bull with burning balls of tar attached to its horns charges into the darkness in a small town in Spain. Organisers don't want the general public to see the footage as "they know it's not culture, it's animal abuse," say activists. https://www.thelocal.es/20221117/is-this-spains-most-grotesque-bull-festival Thu, 17 Nov 2022 11:03:22 +0100 is-this-spains-most-grotesque-bull-festival Spanish slaughterhouses will have to install video surveillance to ensure animals are not mistreated before being killed, the government announced Tuesday, claiming a first in the EU. https://www.thelocal.es/20220824/spain-to-install-video-surveillance-in-abattoirs Wed, 24 Aug 2022 11:08:52 +0200 spain-to-install-video-surveillance-in-abattoirs Spanish police and prosecutors said Monday they were investigating an animal testing lab after undercover footage showed staff there tossing around, smacking and taunting dogs, pigs and other animals. https://www.thelocal.es/20210412/gratuitous-cruelty-spain-probes-suspected-abuse-at-animal-testing-lab Mon, 12 Apr 2021 22:50:35 +0200 gratuitous-cruelty-spain-probes-suspected-abuse-at-animal-testing-lab Five of nine tigers that narrowly survived a gruelling journey across Europe set off on Saturday for their new home at a Spanish animal refuge after weeks of recovery at a Polish zoo. https://www.thelocal.es/20191201/rescued-tigers-leave-for-new-home-in-spain-after-gruelling-journey-that-nearly-killed-them Sun, 01 Dec 2019 11:24:25 +0100 rescued-tigers-leave-for-new-home-in-spain-after-gruelling-journey-that-nearly-killed-them Spain’s hunting associations have lost 90,000 licensees in the past decade, leading experts to suggest that the shooting practise is dying out in a country with a lingering reputation for animal cruelty. https://www.thelocal.es/20181224/are-spains-hunters-becoming-extinct Mon, 24 Dec 2018 13:22:38 +0100 are-spains-hunters-becoming-extinct The British actress has joined a campaign demanding that Spain put a stop to the barbaric cruelty suffered by its hunting dogs. https://www.thelocal.es/20160505/joanna-lumley-demands-spain-ends-to-cruelty-to-hunting-dogs Thu, 05 May 2016 17:11:19 +0200 joanna-lumley-demands-spain-ends-to-cruelty-to-hunting-dogs Police are investigating two farm workers in southern Spain for killing dozens of piglets by jumping on them and filming the sick act. https://www.thelocal.es/20160120/farm-workers-probed-for-killing-72-piglets-by-jumping-on-them Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:05:21 +0100 farm-workers-probed-for-killing-72-piglets-by-jumping-on-them A Madrid man is facing animal cruelty charges after Spanish police found nine dead horses and 18 others seriously undernourished at his farm. https://www.thelocal.es/20140731/spanish-police-arrest-horse-starver Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:38:00 +0200 spanish-police-arrest-horse-starver Two policemen from the island of Majorca who filmed themselves using self-defence spray on pigs and laughing before uploading the video to the internet have been officially reported by a Spanish animals rights groups. https://www.thelocal.es/20140220/police-slammed-for-pepper-spray-pig-video Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:15:00 +0100 police-slammed-for-pepper-spray-pig-video A weekend trip to visit his girlfriend turned into a nightmare for one young Spaniard after his ten-month-old pet bulldog was killed by being thrown from a sixth-floor window. https://www.thelocal.es/20130702/they-didnt-kill-my-dog-they-killed-my-friend Tue, 02 Jul 2013 19:23:00 +0200 they-didnt-kill-my-dog-they-killed-my-friend