Lagos Zoo welcomes python captured in popular hiking spot in Loulé
The albino python that was captured in Fonte Benémola in Querença (Loulé) last Thursday has been taken in by Lagos Zoo. In a statement to the press, the zoo confirmed
Municipal vets trash ‘no kill kennels, saying: “things have to change”
With public shelters overflowing with cats and dogs, the association of municipal vets has admitted the ‘no kill’ law implemented two years ago ‘cannot work’. It’s hoping for a ‘reevaluation’
Abandoning animals outside shelters “to be punished with jail time”
Tough new rules could be on the way for people abandoning animals – including up to six months in jail for anyone leaving a dog or cat outside a municipal
Massive python captured in popular hiking spot in Loulé
A four-metre albino python was captured in the area of Fonte Benémola in Querença (Loulé) – a protected nature spot popular among hikers due to its trails – on Thursday.
Municipal kennel needed as animal association told to vacate shelter
The local delegation of left-wing party Bloco de Esquerda (BE) in Tavira is renewing its calls for a municipal kennel due to the struggles of local animal association ADOTA. The
Mar Shopping to help find forever homes for animals
Mar Shopping Algarve in Loulé is hosting a series of animal adoption fairs, the first of which will be held on Saturday, February 29 and Sunday, March 1 from 10am
Owners of pets suddenly faced with ‘double taxation’: vets in uproar
New confusion is about to be thrown into the already complicated list of do’s and don’ts for the owners of cats, dogs… and ferrets. Vets have decried it as a
Wooff charity shop opens in Almancil
“This is a store that would fit in on any shopping street or in any shopping centre” – this is how Sid Richardson, founder of Loulé-based shelter Animal Rescue Algarve
PAN continues to fight for pet-friendly beaches in Algarve
Political party PAN wants the Algarve to boast two “pet-friendly beaches” and is again calling for a meeting with the Algarve municipalities association (AMAL). “For PAN, it is incomprehensible that
Animal Rescue Algarve to open charity shop in Almancil this Saturday
A new charity shop to raise money for Loulé-based animal shelter Animal Rescue Algarve will open this Saturday (January 11) in Almancil. The shop will be named Wooff – Worn