Is taking a small knife to cut fruit or sandwiches on the beach in illegal in Spain? What about carrying a hunting knife in the countryside? Spain has some pretty specific rules when it comes to knives.
Two of Spain’s protected brown bears have been shot dead by hunters in separate incidents during wild boar hunts on Sunday, striking a blow to a conservation programme that has seen the population grow from near extinction.
Spain’s hunting associations have lost 90,000 licensees in the past decade, leading experts to suggest that the shooting practise is dying out in a country with a lingering reputation for animal cruelty.
A hunter has been charged with the double murder of two forestry guards in Aspa, near Lleida, after he shot them at point blank range when asked to show his hunting licence.
A Spanish comedian has sparked an outcry reminiscent of that heard over Cecil the lion when photos surfaced of him posing with a dead leopard this week.
The killing of Zimbabwe’s iconic lion Cecil for a fee of €50,000 ($55,000) initially thought to have been carried out by a Spanish hunter has shone the light on the strength of Spanish patronage of the big game hunting industry.
Environmentalists have accused Spain's ruling Popular Party (PP) of being in the pocket of big business after the government on Wednesday voted to postpone an end to shooting in areas where wildlife is protected.
King Juan Carlos allegedly spent €2 million ($2.75m) of National Heritage money in 2007 on a hunting pavilion in which to exhibit his 'trophies' and weapons, a TV report claims.
