In Spain, sanctuaries give forever homes to rescued farmed animals
“Sometimes I honestly just cry looking at them, from happiness.”
Carla Heras, a volunteer at Santuario Gaia in Camprodon, Spain, cradles Laietana the duck. Laietana is one of 1,500 animals most rescued from the streets and the farming industry living at the sanctuary. Gaia is among a few dozen sanctuaries in Spain providing a home to animals previously farmed for food.
ByNatasha Daly
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When Elena Tova rescued a sick pig on a whim nearly 15 years ago, she had never heard of the concept of an animal sanctuary. “Sanctuaries didn’t exist in Spain. The word didn’t exist,” she says, explaining she’d only ever heard
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Spain orders culling of hundreds of bulls aboard Karim Allah
Animals rights activists raised alarm over cattle suffering aboard a transport ship after Turkey denied it port for fear of disease.
Over 860 head of cattle aboard the ship Karim Allah are to be euthanized, Spanish authorities confirmed on Saturday, following days of controversy over the animals health.
The ship owners should proceed to isolate and slaughter the animals in accordance with the applicable regulations, the Agriculture Ministry was quoted as saying by the Reuters news agency.
The Lebanon-registered ship had left the Spanish port of Cartagena in December and was headed to Turkey to sell the young bulls, according to the daily