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 In Spain’s latest battle in the war on dog poo, a town near Salamanca has hired private detectives to punish those who fail to clean up after their pets. https://www.thelocal.es/20190611/spanish-town-hires-pet-detectives-in-battle-against-dog-poo Tue, 11 Jun 2019 14:03:06 +0200 spanish-town-hires-pet-detectives-in-battle-against-dog-poo A town in eastern Spain has become the latest to declare war on owners who fail to clean up after their dogs by tracing the animal’s DNA from poo left in the streets. https://www.thelocal.es/20161102/spanish-town-uses-dog-poo-dna-to-track-errant-owners Wed, 02 Nov 2016 11:53:19 +0100 spanish-town-uses-dog-poo-dna-to-track-errant-owners Authorities in Pamplona this year are preparing a surprise for the hundreds of revellers who relieve themselves against the city’s medieval walls during the famous San Fermin running of the bulls festival. https://www.thelocal.es/20160629/pamplona-fights-back-with-walls-that-pee-back Wed, 29 Jun 2016 18:59:05 +0200 pamplona-fights-back-with-walls-that-pee-back Someone took a campaign designed to rid the streets of unsightly dog excrement a little too literally.. by taking the huge inflatable poo home with them. https://www.thelocal.es/20160608/giant-turd-stolen-from-town-fighting-to-rid-streets-dog-poo Wed, 08 Jun 2016 18:19:44 +0200 giant-turd-stolen-from-town-fighting-to-rid-streets-dog-poo More than 4,000 people fell ill with norovirus in northeastern Spain after drinking bottled spring water contaminated with human faecal matter, local health officials said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160426/thousands-fall-sick-from-poo-contaminated-bottled-water Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:44:00 +0200 thousands-fall-sick-from-poo-contaminated-bottled-water Prisoners were outraged at the discovery of mouse droppings in their breakfast forcing officers to change the menu. https://www.thelocal.es/20160215/spanish-prison-serves-up-rat-poo-in-breakfast-rolls Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:52:54 +0100 spanish-prison-serves-up-rat-poo-in-breakfast-rolls If you're seeking penance or perhaps enlightenment but don't fancy roughing the well-worn pilgrimage path on foot, a new luxury locomotive route to Santiago de Compostela may be the answer to your prayers. https://www.thelocal.es/20150617/railway-to-heaven Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:02:17 +0200 railway-to-heaven Oviedo in the north has been crowned the cleanest out of Spain's cities but the nation's capital Madrid comes bottom in a new study. https://www.thelocal.es/20150429/madrid-shamed-as-dirtiest-city-in-spain Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:11:09 +0200 madrid-shamed-as-dirtiest-city-in-spain A village in northern Spain has put up signs to stop pilgrims pooping on their doorsteps when they pass through on their pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. https://www.thelocal.es/20150409/no-pooing-village-tells-pilgrims-in-northern-spain Thu, 09 Apr 2015 14:16:48 +0200 no-pooing-village-tells-pilgrims-in-northern-spain Experts are warning beachgoers of the presence of human and animal excrement on many of Spain's city beaches and shores, a health risk which can cause everything from ear infections to gastroenteritis. https://www.thelocal.es/20140702/faecal-matter-biggest-health-risk-on-spains-beaches Wed, 02 Jul 2014 13:41:00 +0200 faecal-matter-biggest-health-risk-on-spains-beaches Dog owners in a town in Spain's Basque Country are on alert after a stranger tried to kill a local pooch with a sausage stacked full of metal nails. Local police believe someone is waging war against the local dog population. https://www.thelocal.es/20140626/serial-dog-killer-uses-nail-filled-sausages Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:50:00 +0200 serial-dog-killer-uses-nail-filled-sausages 50,000 year-old human excrement discovered in eastern Spain is offering a new insight into the not so meaty diet of our prehistoric ancestors the Neanderthals. The Local spoke to one of the scientists who found and studied the faeces. https://www.thelocal.es/20140626/worlds-oldest-human-poo-unearthed-spain Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:36:00 +0200 worlds-oldest-human-poo-unearthed-spain Fed up of dog dirt underfoot on its streets, a Spanish town has hired a detective to catch owners who fail to pick up after their pets, officials said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140403/poo-detectives-hired-to-catch-negligent-dog-owners-spain-madrid-2 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 13:31:00 +0200 poo-detectives-hired-to-catch-negligent-dog-owners-spain-madrid-2 Spanish women crave one food above all others when they're pregnant. A new advertising campaign is hoping to cash in on this by offering new mothers their baby's weight in that product. https://www.thelocal.es/20140102/video-2 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 12:52:32 +0100 video-2 A Madrid town hall recently came up with a ground breaking campaign to sort out the problem of dog poo on its streets: officials boxed up the offending faeces and sent them back to the pet owners’ homes. https://www.thelocal.es/20130604/spanish-town-mails-dog-poo-back-to-owners Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:47:00 +0200 spanish-town-mails-dog-poo-back-to-owners