NGOs press EU lawmakers on rabbit-farming conditions
• Animal-rights orgs say millions of animals suffering in cages across Europe • NGOs press EU parliament to impose sanitary norms in unregulated industry Spanish…
Animal Welfare
Protesters call for protection of Spain’s Iberian Wolf
• Marchers in Madrid demand gov’t declare Iberian Wolf protected species • Organizers call for end to hunting and attacks on Spain’s native…
PACMA urges ratification of EU animal welfare treaty
• Animal-rights party urges full ratification of Convention on Animal Protection • Group reject’s PP proposal to allow mutilation of pets for…
FAADA launches ‘I Am Someone’ #VIDEO campaign
• Fundación AlmaAnimal video campaign to raise awareness on bullfighting • 12 activists X 12 months telling the story of the suffering…
#VIDEO: PACMA calls for end to Mijas ‘tourist taxis’
• Animal-rights party renews demand to end use of burros as ‘tourist taxis’ • Group calls attention to poor treatment of animals…
Spanish Volunteer Platform issues 2017 calendar
• 12 images by leading photographers present ’12 Views of Solidarity’ for 2017 • Umbrella organization represents 78 national, regional NGOs throughout…
Progressive Spain’s Top Ten Video Posts for 2016
Following are 2016’s ‘Top Ten Videos’ posted at Progressive Spain … for your viewing pleasure over the year-end holidays … See you…
#VIDEO: NGO marks 10 yrs fighting for animal rights
• ‘Igualdad Animal’ releases video celebrating decade defending animal rights • Spain-based international NGO works to prevent cruelty to animals in captivity The…
#VIDEO: SEO/Birdlife calls for sustainable hunting
• Conservationist NGO begins debate over position on sustainable hunting • Environmentalist group highlights impact of hunting on bird populations SEO/Birdlife, Spain’s…
Barcelona shoppers get naked truth on fur industry
• Nude protest against fur industry staged on Barcelona’s Paseo de Gracia • AnimaNaturalis says ‘fur farms’ persist in Spain, despite bans…
#VIDEO: 73,500 sign petition against ‘correbous’
• PACMA calls on Catalonia, Valencia to end bull-running, bull-baiting festivals • Party presents veterinary report showing suffering, injuries caused animals ►…
#VIDEO: PACMA denounces ‘Toro Jubilo’ cruelty
• Annual ‘bulls on fire’ festival caused animal ‘tremendous stress, anxiety’ • Bull believed to have suffered head injuries, burns to corneas…
Catalans defy Supreme Court ruling on bullfighting
• Supreme Court ruling says 2010 Catalan law cannot ban bullfighting altogether • Regional government vows strict regulations to make bullfighting impossible…
Activists protest return of bullfighting to Catalonia
• Constitutional Court said ready to overturn Catalan law banning bullfighting • Animal-rights activists mobilize with petitions, call for nationwide protests Animal…
NGOFILE :: Fundación Alma Animal ~ Animal Soul Foundation
• Fundación Alma Animal ~ Animal Soul Foundation • The Fundación Alma Animal (“Animal Soul Foundation”) is a Spanish non-governmental organization founded…
NGOFILE :: FAADA ~ Foundation for Advice and Action in Defense of Animals
• Fundació para el Asesoramiento y Acción en Defensa de los Animales (FAADA) ~ Foundation for Advice and Action in Defense of…
NGOFILE :: Igualdad Animal ~ Animal Equality
• Igualdad Animal ~ Animal Equality • Igualdad Animal (Animal Equality) is a Spain-based, international organization advocating to prevent cruelty toward and…
Madrid animal-rights march vows end to bullfighting
• March from Puerta del Sol to Congress is largest anti-bullfighting protest yet • Animal-rights party PACMA pledges to fight until cruelty…
PACMA calls for national anti-bullfighting protest
• Partido Animalista hopes for largest anti-bullfight protest ever in Spain • Protest march called in wake of outcry over killing of…
NGOFILE :: SOS Galgos ~ SOS Greyhounds
• SOS Galgos ~ SOS Greyhounds • SOS Galgos was founded in Barcelona in the year 2000 and works to defend the…
Rape, sexual assaults protested at ‘Running of Bulls’
• Women’s and citizens’ groups protest increase in sexual assault during festival • Police arrest 12 male suspects, including five who filmed…
NGOFILE :: AnimaNaturalis
• AnimaNaturalis • AnimaNaturalis is an Ibero-American non-governmental organization with a mission of establishing, promoting and protecting the rights of all animals…
PETA, AnimaNaturalis protest ‘Running of Bulls’
• International animal-rights group PETA joins Spain’s AnimaNaturalis in protest • Demonstrators note bulls meet bloody death in bullring after annual ‘bull…
NGOFILE :: InfoCircos
• InfoCircos ~ InfoCircuses • InfoCircos, literally “Info Circuses,” is a coalition of organizations working in Spain to promote the protection of…
#VIDEO: Animal-rights party PACMA increases vote
• Partido Animalista nets 284.848 votes for 1.19% of total Congressional vote • Party awarded no seats in Congress due to Electoral…
#VIDEO: Animal-rights party sets sights on Congress
• PACMA hopes to build on record 2015 vote and win first seats in Congress • Party fielding candidates for Congress &…
Valencia votes to ban use of animals in circus acts
• Legislation proposed jointly by all parties, unanimously approved in 81-0 vote • InfoCircos organisation hails vote as victory for defenders of…
#VIDEO: Barcelona’s Colau pressured over dolphins
• Mayor Colau recently scrapped a costly renovation of the city’s Dolphinarium • Activists want to see dolphins in sanctuary facility prior…
City of Valencia to ban ‘bou embolat’ bull-taunting
• Spain’s second-largest city moves to ‘reduce stress’ of bulls in local festivals • Officials say they’ll continue to monitor bullfighting for…
#VIDEO: Activists seek freedom for Spain’s dolphins
• Spain to hold 100 dolphins in captivity with new ‘Texas Ranch’ tourist shows • Activists call for closure of Spain’s 12…
#VIDEO: PACMA takes on bull-slaughter festival
• Animal-rights party to take legal action over mistreatment of bulls in festival • Bulls subject to unimaginable levels of suffering, stress…