APAA Dinner dance
A dinner dance in aid of animal charity APAA will be held on Friday, May 31 at ‘O Caseiro’ restaurant in Arão, near Odiáxere, at 7.30pm. The full menu costs
Lagoa and Carvoeiro offer free registration for dogs
Lagoa and Carvoeiro’s parish union is offering free registration for pet dogs in 2019 as well as a free poop bag dispenser and flashlight. The campaign aims to encourage people
Lisbon to resurrect ‘wild cat’ colonies “to protect public health”
Operation ‘Cat Patrol is underway in Lisbon’, and it’s designed to protect public health – not because ‘cats are good for us’ (though many would argue that they are) but
Appeal out for “special forever home” for little blind Miranda
Animal association Cadela Carlota is appealing for a forever home with a difference. It needs to have a dog, or dogs, in it already who can act as the eyes
Spook-tacular Halloween evening in aid of animal charity
Halloween night saw a bewitching gathering of more than 85 ghosts, ghouls and spooks at the Capisce restaurant in Almancil. The charity event was in aid of the privately-run Canil
Algarve Boxer dog represents Portugal at world championship
Algarve dog trainer João Paulino and two-year-old Boxer dog Echo von der Königswiese will be representing Portugal at the IPO ATIBOX WM world championship that will take place on April
Albufeira hosts convivial ‘Cãominhada’ dog walk
In a bid to raise awareness about animal abandonment and promote a healthy lifestyle, a dog walk is taking place on Tuesday, September 12 in Albufeira. The event, known as
Animalife holds weekend food drives in aid of 25,000 animals
Lisbon-based animal association Animalife will be at Portugal’s Continente and Continente Bom Dia stores this weekend (September 24-25) in a bid to raise food and other much-needed items for over
Bid to outlaw ‘kill kennels’ trashed by vets and activists
In a feel-good moment in parliament last Thursday, MPs of all parties approved a bid to outlaw the culling of cats and dogs in municipal kennels as a procedure to
Ludo hosts ‘Cãominhada’ dog walk in support of badly injured kitten
Animal association CIAA is hosting its fifth ‘Cãominhada’ in Ludo, Faro on Sunday (May 15) in a bid to raise money for the treatment of a kitten that was badly








