The President of the Regional Government believes that the region’s firefighting strategy has been a “success.” Speaking to JM, he considers that the opposition is “trying to find flaws” that do not exist, stressing that “fires cannot be put out on the internet.” Concluding, he said: “No one is dead…
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The two Canadair planes sent by Spain set to work quickly yesterday afternoon. The initial reconnaissance flights were first sighted at 17:09 at Pico do Areeiro, where a single aircraft was seen circling Pico do Gato, where the flames are intense, and shortly afterward, the second aircraft was seen approaching…
According to the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds – SPEA, it will take decades for the island’s nature to recover from the fires. Thus, SPEA warns that the fires are “endangering the world’s only nesting colony of Madeiran Petrel. For this endangered seabird, the fire happened at the…
News accounts issued by the National Republican Guard give greater clarity on the number of animals that are smuggled into Madeira. The vast majority are birds, but there are also records of monkeys and recently, two ferrets. All cases are referred to the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation, while the…
The People-Animals-Nature Party (PAN) has issued a statement stating that it “deeply regrets the death of the lynx ‘Bores’, an animal, whose life was marked by several mistakes that culminated in a tragic outcome.” “From the illegal domestication of a wild animal to the measures that were adopted for its…
After being seized by the GNR Bores the Desert Lynx, was finally returned home but in a state that left him hovering between life and death for the last few days denounced the Association Ajuda Alimentar a CĂŁes a PaĂs. In a post on Instagram, the association says that Bores…
The association Ajuda a Alimentar CĂŁes has publicly appealed for the desert lynx recently seized in Funchal by the GNR to be returned to the owner from whom the wild animal was taken. A public petition has already garnered more than three thousand signatures and raises awareness of the return of the animal,…
Next Friday, the 26th, the ‘Funchal Marine Biology Station will host one of its popular Open Nights, with guided tours from 20:00 to 21:00. In addition to the guided tours, this annual summer activity also includes a lecture, scheduled for 21:15. This year’s theme ‘Gelatinous in Madeira: From Research to…
“Today the day is going very well and we couldn’t be happier.” This is how Ajuda Ă€ Alimentação CĂŁes began their day as they texted the good news on their Facebook Page. Olly and Gaspar, two cats forced to live chained up have been adopted, together, “by a more than…
Simba lives in the Regadinhas/SalĂŁo area, near Gaula, and has been missing since Monday the 15th of July.Â
Political party- PAN expressed today, at a press conference held in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira, its total opposition to any type of fishing in the Selvagens Islands Nature Reserve Area,
The Territorial Command of Madeira, through the Nature and Environment Protection Section (SEPNA) and the Funchal Airport Tax Office, on the 4th of July, seized two ferrets
The price of milk rose by two cents for consumers between January and March, reaching 0.86 euros per litre, but the amount paid to farmers fell. According to data from the Price Observatory, between the 1st of January and the 25th of March, the price of a litre of semi-skimmed…
A cruel case of abandonment of a mother cat, and her three kittens has created outrage.
The Association Ajuda a Alimentação Cães recently rescued a cat that was in a place of difficult access, in Caniço with the support of two volunteers.