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Spanish town uses dog poo DNA to track errant owners
A town in eastern Spain has become the latest to declare war on owners who fail to clean up after their dogs by tracing the animal’s DNA from poo left in the streets.
Pamplona fights fiesta urine with walls that 'pee back'
Authorities in Pamplona this year are preparing a surprise for the hundreds of revellers who relieve themselves against the city’s medieval walls during the famous San Fermin running of the bulls festival.
Who stole this huge inflatable turd from a Spanish square?
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.
Thousands fall sick from poo contaminated bottled water
More than 4,000 people fell ill with norovirus in northeastern Spain after drinking bottled spring water contaminated with human faecal matter, local health officials said Monday.
Prisoners outraged at mouse poo served in breakfast rolls
Prisoners were outraged at the discovery of mouse droppings in their breakfast forcing officers to change the menu.
Railway to heaven? New pilgrim route launched
If you're seeking penance or perhaps enlightenment but don't fancy roughing the well-worn pilgrimage path on foot, a new luxury locomotive route to Santiago de Compostela may be the answer to your prayers.
Madrid shamed as 'dirtiest' city in Spain
Oviedo in the north has been crowned the cleanest out of Spain's cities but the nation's capital Madrid comes bottom in a new study.
'No pooing': village tells pilgrims in north Spain
A village in northern Spain has put up signs to stop pilgrims pooping on their doorsteps when they pass through on their pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
Spain's beachgoers face faecal matter health risk
Experts are warning beachgoers of the presence of human and animal excrement on many of Spain's city beaches and shores, a health risk which can cause everything from ear infections to gastroenteritis.
Dog hater targets pets with nail-filled sausages
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.
World's oldest human faeces found in Spain
50,000 year-old human excrement discovered in eastern Spain is offering a new insight into the not so meaty diet of our prehistoric ancestors the Neanderthals. The Local spoke to one of the scientists who found and studied the faeces.
Dog poo detectives to patrol Spanish town
Fed up of dog dirt underfoot on its streets, a Spanish town has hired a detective to catch owners who fail to pick up after their pets, officials said on Wednesday.
VIDEO: What pregnant Spaniards miss most
Spanish women crave one food above all others when they're pregnant. A new advertising campaign is hoping to cash in on this by offering new mothers their baby's weight in that product.