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 Scientific trials in several European countries have found that trained dogs can accurately detect coronavirus in human sweat, opening up a new path for faster and cheaper preliminary Covid screening in all kinds of places. https://www.thelocal.es/20210212/video-how-dogs-can-help-reduce-covid-19-infections Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:05:15 +0100 video-how-dogs-can-help-reduce-covid-19-infections Dog walkers need to be particularly vigilant for a tiny but deadly creature that could kill your pet. https://www.thelocal.es/20210205/beware-toxic-caterpillar-plague-comes-with-spring-across-spain Fri, 05 Feb 2021 10:26:32 +0100 beware-toxic-caterpillar-plague-comes-with-spring-across-spain Once a twice-daily chore that drew a chorus of complaints, walking the dog has become an enviable get-out-of-jail card in lockdown Spain with some wily punters even offering their hounds out for hire. https://www.thelocal.es/20200319/why-everyone-in-spain-wishes-they-had-a-dog-during-the-coronavirus-lockdown Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:39:53 +0100 why-everyone-in-spain-wishes-they-had-a-dog-during-the-coronavirus-lockdown Pet owners wanting to travel between Spain and Britain after Brexit are being warned of a possible four-month registration process before pets are allowed to travel. https://www.thelocal.es/20190904/pet-owners-warned-of-four-month-wait-for-travel-between-spain-and-uk-after-brexit Wed, 04 Sep 2019 16:41:23 +0200 pet-owners-warned-of-four-month-wait-for-travel-between-spain-and-uk-after-brexit Municipal councils in Spain have long been battling to keep their streets free of dog messes introducing ingenious ways to punish or shame irresponsible pet owners, but Seville City Council has just taken it a step further. https://www.thelocal.es/20190829/seville-wants-owners-to-clear-up-after-their-dog-pees Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:40:30 +0200 seville-wants-owners-to-clear-up-after-their-dog-pees With their narrow head and long legs, greyhounds are one of the fastest dog breeds on earth, making them the preferred choice of hunters in Spain to catch rabbits and hares. But instead of being rewarded, campaigners say greyhounds are often mistreated, especially once they have become too old to hunt. https://www.thelocal.es/20190305/spain-urged-to-stop-torture-of-unwanted-greyhounds Tue, 05 Mar 2019 09:57:00 +0100 spain-urged-to-stop-torture-of-unwanted-greyhounds One region of Spain has officially recorded more dogs than children, a trend that as falling birthrates show, is soon likely to repeated across Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20190304/declining-birth-rates-in-spain-number-of-dogs-outgrows-the-one-of-children-and-adolescents-in-asturia Mon, 04 Mar 2019 14:07:11 +0100 declining-birth-rates-in-spain-number-of-dogs-outgrows-the-one-of-children-and-adolescents-in-asturia Neolithic communities clustered near present-day Barcelona some 6,000 years ago were really keen on dogs, in this life and the next. https://www.thelocal.es/20190301/spains-prehistoric-humans-loved-their-dogs-to-death Fri, 01 Mar 2019 09:30:32 +0100 spains-prehistoric-humans-loved-their-dogs-to-death Poncho is not your average eight-year-old cocker spaniel. https://www.thelocal.es/20180627/video-meet-poncho-the-madrid-police-dog-who-saves-lives-with-cpr Wed, 27 Jun 2018 16:13:21 +0200 video-meet-poncho-the-madrid-police-dog-who-saves-lives-with-cpr A 38-year-old Colombian vet appeared in a New York court Tuesday, accused of injecting liquid heroin into puppies to evade border control in a drug smuggling ring. https://www.thelocal.es/20180502/vet-extradited-to-us-over-puppy-smuggling-heroin-plot Wed, 02 May 2018 11:16:49 +0200 vet-extradited-to-us-over-puppy-smuggling-heroin-plot Madrid’s police dogs have new digs. And the new kennels not only come with air conditioning but piped classical music in a bid to reduce stress. https://www.thelocal.es/20180402/madrids-police-dogs-are-learning-to-relax-with-mozart Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:49:59 +0200 madrids-police-dogs-are-learning-to-relax-with-mozart Dog walkers need to be particularly vigilant for a tiny but deadly creature that could kill your pet. https://www.thelocal.es/20180122/beware-toxic-caterpillar-plague-creeping-across-spain Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:03:45 +0100 beware-toxic-caterpillar-plague-creeping-across-spain Owners brought their beloved pets to a Madrid church for a blessing on the Day of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of animals. https://www.thelocal.es/20180117/blessed-are-the-animals Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:26:50 +0100 blessed-are-the-animals Every dog owner will tell you that their four-legged friend is brimming with special qualities. But in the case of this labrador-cross, it wouldn’t be empty boast. https://www.thelocal.es/20170803/meet-blat-the-dog-that-can-detect-lung-cancer-from-sniffing-a-persons-breath Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:21:16 +0200 meet-blat-the-dog-that-can-detect-lung-cancer-from-sniffing-a-persons-breath An elderly couple were discovered to have been eaten by their own dogs after dying at their home in Mallorca at least two months ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20170524/elderly-couple-devoured-by-their-own-pet-dogs-in-mallorca Wed, 24 May 2017 17:00:23 +0200 elderly-couple-devoured-by-their-own-pet-dogs-in-mallorca The controversial practice will now be outlawed in Spain, along with cropping ears, cutting vocal chords, and removing claws and teeth. https://www.thelocal.es/20170518/spains-bans-docking-of-dogs-tails Thu, 18 May 2017 12:54:54 +0200 spains-bans-docking-of-dogs-tails Teresa Romero who made international headlines after becoming the first person outside West Africa to contract ebola, has lost her fight against Spanish authorities over the “execution” of her dog. https://www.thelocal.es/20170428/ebola-nurse-loses-lawsuit-against-spanish-authorities-over-execution-of-pet-dog-excalibur Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:32:40 +0200 ebola-nurse-loses-lawsuit-against-spanish-authorities-over-execution-of-pet-dog-excalibur The controversial practice will now be outlawed in Spain, along with cropping ears, cutting vocal chords, and removing claws and teeth. https://www.thelocal.es/20170317/good-news-for-animal-lovers-congress-bans-cutting-off-dog-tails Fri, 17 Mar 2017 13:13:32 +0100 good-news-for-animal-lovers-congress-bans-cutting-off-dog-tails A 66-year-old man was killed walking across his own land after by a pack of five dangerous-breed dogs that had escaped from a neighbouring property. https://www.thelocal.es/20170221/man-mauled-to-death-by-pack-of-dogs-in-southern-spain Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:27:44 +0100 man-mauled-to-death-by-pack-of-dogs-in-southern-spain A Spanish court on Monday sentenced the head of an animal shelter to three years and nine months in jail for killing hundreds of healthy dogs and cats in a way that provoked "prolonged agony". https://www.thelocal.es/20170110/animal-shelter-head-on-costa-del-sol-jailed-over-slow-and-agonizing-death-of-hundreds-of-dogs-and-cats Tue, 10 Jan 2017 10:50:54 +0100 animal-shelter-head-on-costa-del-sol-jailed-over-slow-and-agonizing-death-of-hundreds-of-dogs-and-cats