The Municipality of Funchal (CMF) will open this week, their new Animal Welfare Unit in Rua da Alegria.
Posts published in “Animals”
On Saturday the 1st of October, the Funchal City Council (CMF), will join in on the World Animal and Veterinary Day celebrations, by hosting a range of activities from 09:00 - 13:00 at the Santa Catarina Park.
The discussion around the first item on the agenda in the plenary of the Madeiran parliament ended with a proposal for a regional legislative decree to be passed, to create a regional stray animal sterilisation campaign in 2023.
In the space of two years, and through the actions of the Regional Secretariat for the Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, approximately three tonnes of litter has been removed from the archipelago's coastal waters.
In a joint conference of the Regional Secretariats of Economy and Finance, Rui Barreto and Rogério Gouveia , they announced the creation of a strategic cereal reserve in Madeira, with the aim of guaranteeing the supply and supply of cereals for breadmaking and other regional needs, in what has been termed an 'imperative' plan for Madeira.
Similar to the multidisciplinary expedition organised in Porto Santo in 2020, MARE-Madeira is carrying out a scientific expedition in the Desertas Islands, in partnership with the Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza (IFCN), and the Regional Directorate for the Sea (DRM).
Animal shelters in the Region are overcrowded, and are currently facing a “very problematic situation.”
Tomorrow evening (Saturday), from 10:30 pm International Bat Night will be celebrated at the the Cristo Rei viewpoint, in Garajau.
After hearing the news of the new bathing ban at Doca do Cavacas, the municipal deputy of political party PAN (People-Anaimals-Nature) Madeira, issued a statement today, in which he questions the Funchal City Council "about the reasons for these recurring sources of pollution in the coastal area of the municipality" and about "the reasons which led to the municipality losing their green ECO flag".
On Tuesday, the 23rd of August, the Ribeira Brava Beach became centre stage for the new Águas e Resíduos da Madeira, S.A. (ARM), water saving campaign, 'Save every drop of your island – Water is Life.’
This afternoon, the Firefighters of Funchal tried to rescue a dog that was still trapped in the rubble, after Saturday's rockfall trapped three people, and their pet in a cave adjacent to their kitchen.
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development, Humberto Vasconcelos, will midday tomorrow distribute 2,000 units of veterinary medicines for the therapeutic and prophylactic treatment of varroasis (a parasitic mite that affects honeybees), to 280 beekeepers, which will allow approximately 9,000 hives to be disinfected against the deadly virus.
The Civic Association for the Defense and Protection of the Laurissilva Forest (DPFL) made it known today, that the Administrative and Fiscal Court (TAF), "has initially admitted the injunction submitted by this association for the suspension and subsequent cancellation of the paving of the Caminho das Ginjas."
The Casa do Povo de São Roque do Faial will carry out another awareness-raising and rubbish collection session on the pedestrian route between the regional road 103 and the Balcões viewpoint, Ribeiro Frio, tomorrow, Wednesday the 17th of August from 2:30 pm.
Yesterday afternoon, the Portuguese Navy prevented the transfer of crude between ships in the Economic and Exclusive Zone of Madeira (EEZ).