Jerez has declared the Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz as part of the city’s intangible cultural heritage, the first Spanish breed of dog to be awarded such protected status.
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.
A 41-year-old cyclist from Catalonia was left fighting for his life alone after he was attacked by five hunting dogs whose owner fled the scene without calling an ambulance.
Wearing his Sunday best and arriving in a pram, Chispi was one of dozens of dogs blessed by a priest in Madrid on Sunday to celebrate the patron saint of pets.
Animal shelters and other groups picked up more than 137,000 dogs and cats last year that would have been left abandoned, according to a study by Fundación Affinity on Monday.
Madrid’s mayor has unveiled harsh new penalties for dog owners who fail to pick up after their pets; pay a €750 fine or spend the weekend sweeping the streets.
Nanook, a one-year-old chocolate Labrador, is being hailed a hero after his frantic barking raised the alarm and saved the life of a drowning man in Malaga port.
It is only the second prison term issued in Spain for animal abuse and comes in the wake of the sentencing last week of a man who beat his horse to death with a metal rod.
Animal-lovers who want to take a holiday with their favourite furry pals are protesting against Spain's railway limits on pet size, petitioning to bring all kinds of dogs on board, big or small.
Buddy, the puppy trapped at Barcelona airport has been saved and will spend 21 days under quarantine before being returned to his owner with permission to stay in Spain.
Two pit bull terriers ate the body of their 65-year-old German owner after he died of natural causes inside his mobile home on the Spanish island of Majorca, then died themselves.
Police in Spain's southern Almeria province are investigating the death of a dog who was savagely beaten in front of its elderly owner recently. The animal was "destroyed inside" after the attack, a vet has said.
Authorities in the Catalan capital on Wednesday started allowing dogs to travel on the city’s underground system as long as their owners fulfil a set of criteria.
