ANIMAD says that it ‘simply cannot help anymore! As it cannot afford to pay for the ever-increasing costs of looking after 200 animals (food, medical care, cleaning, water, electricity, etc.), especially as their credit with the Veterinary Hospital has been frozen. Their Facebook message reads as follows: – “Since we…
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This week, Front MarFunchal employees swam out and collected rubbish just off the coast of the Lido area. Articles of marine litter included a fish box, pieces of fishing net, bottles and plastic bags.
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development visited the Associação Hípica da Madeira (Madeira Equestrian Association) this week, as the Regional Government arranged for the delivery of 770 bales of hay and horse feed as a way to minimise the impact that the pandemic has had on the stables.
On the 4th of July, during a 186-mile race, a racing pigeon, owned by Adriano Andrade and David da Costa Pereira, drifted off course and was found a month later in England.
Suzana Horta Greene Are you planning to fly with your pet to Portugal? TAP and some other airlines welcome dogs to travel in the cabin or the hold, as long as the owner provides valid documentation and the pet carrier is deemed safe. Ticket: Regardless of the status of your…
Francisco Taboada, former Regional Director of Roads, left this afternoon, on his Facebook page, a public thanks not only to the Municipal Firemen of Santa Cruz, but also to a man - Nélio Correia - who helped him find and rescue his dog , Pepsi, from a steep ridge, close to Reis Magos, Caniço.
Yesterday, the 4th of August, was a 'difficult' day for the Official Animal Collection Centre of Santa Cruz, who had to intervene and collect 18 dogs from a private residence in the municipality.
Monitoring of the two artificial reefs created by the sinking of two Corvettes, the General Pereira d'Eça (CORCEIRA - Madeira) and Afonso Cerqueira (CORDECA - Porto Santo), is underway.
With rising unemployment, mental health issues and increasing occurrences of assaults and robberies, the islands strays are also suffering, as small minded individuals are now turning their attentions to the numerous dogs and cats that roam Madeira's streets.
Tuca, the Gold Retriever, who has been missing since the 11th of July from Ponta Delgada, has returned home.
The Funchal City Council (CMF), together with the GNR and the Firefighters Sapadores do Funchal, collected the stray dog that is said to have harassed residents, walkers and bit a 10-year-old girl last Sunday in Beco da Levada de São João.
The 'Tartaruga' project research group at the University of Madeira (UMa), is currently treating two sick females turtles in the hope that they can be returned to the wild.
RIR (React - Include - Recycle) party member, Roberto Vieira, has voiced his concern as to the legality of all municipal kennels and catteries. In a press note he said that "we have learned that Vasco Gil's kennel and cattery in Santo António has yet to be given legal status and is located in an area of trees and scrub which places all the resident animals and staff at considerable risk."
Tuca a 10-year-old female 'Golden Retriever,' has been missing in the Ponta Delgada area since the 11th of July. Her owners, who despite their best efforts have been unable to find their much beloved pet, now ask that if anyone has any information of her whereabouts to please contact them on 967 049 300.
In an announcement, the Municipality of Câmara de Lobos (CMCL) is set to resume its Causa Animal Chip 'n' Vac campaign from the 25th of July in Curral das Freiras.