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
Faro Council to finally build kennel for stray animals
Faro is finally getting a kennel for stray and abandoned animals. The announcement was made after the local council approved the launch of a tender for the construction of a
Rabbit now in danger of extinction – along with 30,000 other animals, birds and plants
Rabbit – more precisely the European Rabbit, found in Portugal, Spain and France – is in danger of extinction, along with over 30,000 animal, bird and plant species. The age-old
New dog park opens in Faro
A new dog park opened in Faro last Saturday (December 7). Located in Alto de Santo António near Rua de Berlim, the 1,500sqm park is open every day from 8am