The Regional Directorate of Livestock and Animal Welfare is implementing Animal-Assisted Interventions within the scope of the One Health Movement, which highlights the link between human, animal, and environmental health. The initiative is based on the idea that the well-being of people and animals is interconnected; it is not possible…
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The CHEGA parliamentary group in the Assembly of the Republic has submitted a draft resolution recommending that the Government of the Republic launch a national awareness campaign against the chaining of dogs, a practice that the party still considers frequent and unacceptable. According to Francisco Gomes, deputy of the CHEGA…
Porto Santo Beach dawned to an unusual spectacle today. Instead of a yellow sandy beach it was covered by numerous specimens of a species often confused with the Portuguese Man-o-War, causing some alarm among the population. Local social media was quickly flooded with warnings and calls for caution. Even so,…
Tomorrow at 11:30, the Madeira Whale Museum will receive the Mayor of Machico, Hugo Marques, and the councillor for the Environment, Alberto Olim. The mayors will learn about Greenpeace’s research and development project, funded by the Dutch Post Code Lottery, as part of a broader funding package to stop the…
It should also be noted that the Ombudsman’s Office received 41 animal abuse complaints. The number of lawsuits rose by 14% in 2025, exceeding 300. Foreign citizens filed one in three of the complaints. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com Photo: JM Views: 45
The animal discovered dead on Wednesday morning in the waters off Caniço de Baixo has been confirmed as a Blainville Beaked Whale, not a dolphin as initially reported, due to the similarities between the two species. The alert was given by people who spotted the whale floating near the Galo…
Viewing it as a pioneering initiative, due to its size, organisation, and importance, the Municipality of Câmara de Lobos, in partnership with the Street Animals Association, will carry out a new Capture-Sterilise- Return (CED) programme this weekend. The initiative will take place on the 27th and 28th of this month…
On Thursday, those on board the Madeira Sea Emotions – Boat Tours recorded a rare encounter with a leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), the largest species of sea turtle, capable of exceeding two metres in length and 500 kilos in weight. The observation was disclosed in a company post on social…
The Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds – SPEA BirdLife, has confirmed that it is satisfied with the decision of the Regional Government of Madeira to withdraw from the public tender for the construction of the Caminho das Ginjas, in PaĂşl da Serra. The SPEA statement is as follows:…
The creation of the D. Carlos Marine Nature Reserve, which will be the largest marine protected area in Portugal as it covers the Madeira-Tore and Gorringe Bank seamounts, entered public consultation today. The future D. Carlos Marine Nature Reserve has an area of 173,000 square kilometres and “will lead Portugal…
A large whale, in an advanced state of decomposition, was detected this afternoon in the bay of Câmara de Lobos, mobilising resources from the Captaincy of the Port of Funchal to the area. According to what was possible to ascertain, elements of the Captaincy went to the coastal area to…
The JPP Parliamentary Group was contacted by a group of beekeepers from the Autonomous Region of Madeira who requested the party’s intervention with the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment (SRAPA). Reports indicate that in May 2024, American Foulbrood disease was found in beehives in the areas of Santana,…
Funchal Firefighters were alerted at 14:08 that a duck was wandering along the Cota 40 tunnel. Several drivers spotted the animal in the tunnel, prompting emergency services to step in. Firefighters managed to catch the wandering duck and handed it over to a welfare association. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com…
Dora AguĂn-Pombo, curator of the Insect Collection and lecturer at the Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Madeira (FCV-UMa), and Hugo Miguel Silva, PhD student in Biological Sciences at the same faculty, recently participated in the preparation of two publications of great relevance for the enhancement of biodiversity…
The detection of a case of avian influenza in Madeira prompted a meeting between the Ornithological Association of Madeira (AOM) and the Ornithological Breeders Club of Madeira (CCOM) with the Regional Directorate of Veterinary and Animal Welfare (DRV). According to a statement from the AOM, this meeting aimed to enhance…