A woman on the Spanish island of Mallorca has been ordered to pay a €540 ($597) fine for “stealing” her own dog from a kennels, the Balearic newspaper Ultima Hora reported.
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.
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.
Dogs, cats, rabbits and even iguanas, many decked out in colourful sweaters to keep warm, trooped into Spanish churches on Sunday for a blessing on the Day of Saint Anthony, patron saint of animals.
In a heartbreaking tale of devotion, a dog spent two months patiently waiting at the doors of a hospital in southern Spain for its beloved master to return.
Spain's most prestigious greyhound racing event is on the verge of being called off after DNA proved two finalists were the offspring of a legendary dog stolen for his sperm.
It was a story that melted hearts in Spain; an abandoned greyhound puppy who guided and protected his blind sister until the pair were taken in by a dog shelter charity.
In a huge victory for animal rights activists, a draft law has been approved by the Madrid regional parliament that will see a ban on the sacrificing of healthy abandoned animals at shelters across the region.
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.
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.
A town in Spain has become the first to recognise dogs and cats as "non-human residents" awarding them equal rights to co-exist alongside their human counterparts.
Authorities are threatening to euthanize Buddy, a four-month-old puppy, who arrived in Barcelona's El Prat Airport on Friday on a flight from New York, because they are unable to read his microchip.
Spain's ruling party has presented a draft law which would see pet shops banned from selling cats and dogs as the country struggles to deal with the highest rate of pet abandonment in Europe.
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.
