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Pili pregnant at Terra Natura
After a long wait of four years, the female emperor marmosets (Saguinus imperator) named Pili, who lives at the Terra Natura animal park in Benidorm, has finally become pregnant.
Pili, along with her sister, have shared a room with a…
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Huge fines for leaving dogs in a car
The City Council of Valencia has opened an infringement procedure against a woman who left two dogs in a car without water or ventilation. They propose to impose a fine of 1.200 euros.
The incident occurred on January 26, 2008…
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Man was arrested for throwing live cats from a car on the motorway
A 35 year old Portuguese citizen has been arrested on the island of Tenerife as an alleged crime of abuse of domestic animals. He was arrested after witnesses observed him throwing several live cats from his car when traveling on the motorway.
The Guardia Civil have…
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Biologists from London and Murcia join forces
The Zoological Society of London and the Terra Natura nature park at Murcia have conducted a joint research project on the functioning of the reproductive cycle of the otter, to determine whether it is seasonal, as in most animals, or type-induced.
Manuel…
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Two Brown Bear Populations In Spain In Danger of Extinction Have Been Isolated For Past 50 Years
The situation of bears in the Iberian Peninsula is critical. Researchers from the University of Oviedo (UO) and the Superior Council of Scientific Research (SCSR) have performed a genetic identification based on the analysis of stools and hair of brown…
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Dead whale arrives in Valencia on cargo ship
There was quite a surprise waiting for dockers in the port of Valencia on Sunday morning, when a 300 metre cargo ship from Singapore docked in the harbour.
Attached to the front of the ship (the bow) was a 7…
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First white rhino born in Madrid zoo
The first white rhino to be born in captivity in Spain made its debut into the world last night.
Weighing in at 65kg, the baby rhino was walking less than an hour after its birth and suckling from its mother.…
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Man eaten by dogs
Officers from both local and National Police in Ribeira (La Coruña), made the grim discovery of the body of a man who was showing “obvious signs” of being attacked and devoured by his six dogs.
The body of the man,…
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Shags in Benidorm now breeding
An endangered species of bird, the Shag, has been reproduced for the first time in the Parque Natural de la Serra Gelada, in Benidorm, according to sources from the Ministry for the Environment, who added that a total of 17…
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Dogs, cats and hamsters attacked five people every week in Valencia
20minutos newspaper featured a fascinating report about abuse by domestic animals on humans. You have been warned, animals can fight back, so don´t harm them!!!
250 people in the Valencia area reported animal attacks last year, 59 more than those recorded in…
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Grieving gibbon gets new partner
Amy, a female gibbon at the Terra Natura animal park in Benidorm, who spent the last three years mourning the death of her companion, has now apparently completed her grieving process and met with “…another male with whom she has…
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4 Loggerhead turtles returned to the sea in Torrevieja
4 Loggerhead turtles have been released into the sea at La Mata this morning. 3 of the turtles are from Castellon and 1 is from Alicante. The Minister for the Environment, Water, Urbanism and Housing, José Ramón García Antón, and…
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Terra Natura elephant on Facebook
The Asian elephant “Petita” at the Terra Natura natural park in Benidorm opened her first account today on the social network site “Facebook”, so that nature lovers can follow her daily activities.
“Petita” at 36 years of age, is the…
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Bioparc, from the African Savannah to Valencia
Bioparc Valencia wants you to join in with its first birthday celebrations and so has prepared a very special surprise for you. Six elephants have recently joined the family made up of Jambo, Betty, Greta and Bully. They are a…
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Fish poachers in Santa Pola
The Guardia Civil has reported five people after about one tonne of fish has been caught with illegal equipment in the waters of Santa Pola.
According to SEPRONA, the animal welfare arm of the Guardia, about a thousand kilograms of…
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A hundred dogs found hung to death in a landfill in Toledo
The Animal Amnesty has reported to the Department of Nature Protection (SEPRONA) of the Guardia Civil that nearly a hundred dead dogs have been found in the old landfill on the city of Toledo on March 15.
There are about a hundred dogs that were evidentally…
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Endangered Iberian lynx cubs born
Three Iberian lynx cubs have been born in a nature reserve in southern Spain, officials said Friday.
The Iberian lynx is the world’s most endangered cat, and the cubs were part of a breeding program in Andalusia’s Donana National Park,…