Irish Ferries Announce Increase To Pets Limit
Delighted to receive this update from Irish Ferries announcing that they have increased the number of animals a transporter can carry on each van to 25 SUBJECT to some very …
Spain Declares Animals Are Sentient
Better late than never I guess, but a long long overdue decision, but one that shows that slowly Spain is improving it’s attitude and relationship with animals, not east because …
Spanish Hunting Dogs at Risk
Could you imagine abandoning an animal because they were injured and no longer considered “useful”? The thought makes me angry and sick to my stomach. But it’s what we think happened …
A Year Since Last Pet Transport
It is a year today since my last pet transport between Spain, Germany, Holland and the UK. At the time I was looking forward to the drive back from Spain …
Latest Spanish Vet Advice Regards Post Brexit Pet Transport
Further to the recent post regarding pet transport information from a UK vet in the event of a no deal Brexit, there is now some advice being sent to vets …
PET Transport Between Spain and UK
I have written before about my personal trip back to the UK in March, which also allows for the opportunity for a restricted luxury pet transport from Spain to the …
Spanish And Their Pets
It is very easy to take the view, form the opinion, that the Spaniard as a nation have little tolerance, or love, for their animals and I wish I had …
30% Spaniards Plan To Take Their Pets On Holiday
Spain has a pretty horrendous reputation when it comes to animal welfare, but it wrong to tarnish a whole nation with the same brush, and knowing a lot of Spaniards …
Border Controls (Sort Of)
On our recent (December) pet transport taking re-homed rescue cats and dogs to Germany, Belgium and the UK and personal pets to the UK we encountered a couple of the …
Stiffer penalties for animal neglect and ill-treatment
Some good news for a change here in Spain as the authorities have recently announced that anyone who ill-treats animals will be placed on an official register and banned from …