InfoCircos petitions for EU-wide ban on circus animals
InfoCircos, a coalition of organizations working to stop the use of wild animals in circuses in Spain and across Europe, is going…
Animal Welfare
Circuses shift blame over elephant’s highway death
An association of circus operators in Spain has tried to shift the blame to animal-rights activists for Monday’s death of an elephant…
Balearics bloodless bullfights get temporary reprieve
Pending a final decision from Spain’s Constitutional Court on the constitutionality of a 2017 law in the Balearic Islands that prohibits bulls…
Animal-rights party calls rally in support of ‘Ley Cero’
Spain’s Partido Animalista, known by the initials PACMA (Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal), has convened a protest rally for Thursday in…
Hunting lobby sways Castilla-La Mancha on greyhounds
â–º Move to exclude hunting dogs from new regional animal-protection law â–º The regional government of Castilla-La Mancha has bowed to the…
PACMA protests ‘Fallas’ bullfights in Valencia #VIDEO
► Activists says Valencia’s coalition government backsliding on animal rights ► Hundreds of animal-rights activists gathered in downtown Valencia Saturday to protest…
Legislators want safe wildlife passage across highways
► Drivers hit hundreds of animals each year, 36 Iberian Lynx killed since 2016 ► Spain’s congressional Commission of Road Safety and…
Endangered osprey breeding project kicks off on Montgó
► Plan creates breeding area for ‘sea hawks’ migrating from Africa each year ► A dwindling number of ospreys that migrate annually…
LIDL first retailer to stop sale of eggs from caged hens
► Retailer meets activists’ 2025 target for end to cages seven years early ► European supermarket chain LIDL has become the first…
#VIDEO: NGO rescues lions, tiger from circus nightmare
► Circo Francia becomes third circus to give up wild animals in less than year ► Animal-rescue organization Primadomus Spain, the Spanish…
Progressive Spain’s Top Ten Video Posts for 2017
Following are 2017’s ‘Top Ten Videos’ posted at Progressive Spain — our second annual selection based on a combination of the power,…
Whales to get Mediterranean corridor protection
► Several species protected in corridor between Balearics, Catalonia-Valencia ► Spain’s government has secured approval from other signatory nations of the 1995…
Animals now ‘living beings’, no longer owner’s ‘property’
► Congress approves reform, freeing animals from status of private property ► Spain’s Congress unanimously approved legislation on Tuesday that legally recognizes…
Corte Inglés to drop eggs from battery hens by 2025
► Spanish retailer to remove from stores own-brand eggs laid by caged hens ► Spanish department store and supermarket mega-chain El Corte…
Activists to commemorate Internat’l Animal Rights Day
► Igualdad Animal to mark IARD 2017, raising awareness over animal cruelty ► Hundreds of animal-rights activists are slated to gather in…
Activist groups reveal ‘Truth About Hunting’ in Catalonia
• Environmental, animal-rights groups denounce hunting lobby’s influence • Groups say hunting across 90% of Catalonia harmful to wildlife, ecosystems A coalition…
Activists laud jail term over pet shelter exterminations
• More than 2,000 healthy dogs, cats died agonizing deaths to cut costs • Jail sentence first of its kind under Spain’s…
WWF urges Asturias to halt ‘open season’ on wolves
• WWF España calls on Asturias’ Socialist president to halt wolf hunting • NGO will appeal to EU over ‘disproportionate, clearly illegal’…
Madrid set for annual ‘Misión Abolición’ bullfight protest
• Protest march Saturday 5pm from ‘Puerta del Sol’ to Congress of Deputies • Support from Sara Sálamo, Clara Lago, Alexandra Jiménez,…
#VIDEO: Activists protest bullfights in Pamplona
• AnimaNaturalis, PETA protest in Pamplona against city’s San Fermín bullfights • Activists say majority Spaniards reject bullfights, but gov’t subsidies continue…
School kids persuade Altea council to bar circus animals
• 100 primary school children convince Altea to halt circus acts using animals • Call for dignified treatment of animals gets town…
AnimaNaturalis petitions end to Pamplona’s bullfights
• Animal-rights NGO says dozens of bulls to be killed during San Fermín in July • Festival famed for ‘running of bulls’…
PACMA sets date for ‘Misión Abolición’ bullfight protest
• Spain’s animal-rights party announces 16th Sept as date of annual protest • PACMA seeks end to bullfighting, bull-running and bull-baiting fiestas…
Balearics set to place new restrictions on bullfighting
• Balearics’ Armengol says parties will enact new law, despite PP opposition • Legislation would allow bullfights, but prohibit injuring or killing…
Thousands turn out for Madrid anti-bullfighting march
• ‘Bullfighting is violence’ focuses on sacrifice of bulls during San Isidro festival • More than 200 animals killed over multi-day fete…
PACMA calls for ‘zero tolerance’ law on animal cruelty
• ‘Ley Cero’ proposal calls for ‘zero tolerance’ of mistreatment of animals in Spain • Legislation would ban bullfighting, circuses, sacrifice of…
NGO protests penguin captivity in Madrid’s Fundia park
• Alma Animal says it’s time to stop being accomplices to animal exploitation • Short YouTube video shows penguins in captivity at…
PACMA protests ‘Sevilla is much more’ than bullfights
• April 23rd protest to culminate week of anti-bullfighting activities in Sevilla • PACMA launches social-media campaign with hashtag #SevillaEsMuchoMas Spain’s animal-rights…
#VIDEO: Igualdad Animal launches Corte Inglés petition
• Animal-rights group wants end to sale of eggs from caged chickens by 2025 • Igualdad Animal issues video, petition to pressure…
FAADA film to focus on animals in food, clothing supply
• EMPATÍA documentary slated for release April 7th at cinemas across Spain • Film to shed light on the use and abuse…
#VIDEO: PACMA presses gov’t on Greyhound hunting
• PACMA animal-rights party presents petition signed by 30,000 in Holland • Each year, some 50,000 Greyhounds abandoned in Spain by ‘galguero’…