Topsy is safe now

Despite the fact that she has a changing but substantial number of dogs, Paula misses Topsy very much. After a frantic couple of days of searching and calling, she posted this on Facebook just a few minutes ago: "Topsy is in heaven! A friend was out cycling and found her body at the side of the lane about a half a kilometer away facing in the direction of home! We will never know what has happened but she looks very peaceful and I think it was quick!" She had a very happy life among all her friends down at the house...

Four accused of 'irregular animal sacrifice': highlights animal control problem in the country

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LOS BARRIOS (Cadiz) -- Four people were accused last week of killing animals at a shelter without the proper permits. Three of them are employees of a company called Control Zoosanitario, which has a contract to take abandoned domestic animals in Los Barrios and Algeciras. Among other things, they are impugned for alleged irregularities when putting the animals down, such as giving false dates in order to shorten the animals' stays at the shelter. According to a communique from the Guardia Civil, the four are the vet who attends at the shelter, and two employees of the dog 'home' in Los Barrios, plus someone with no proper connection to it, but who was the one killing the animals without permits or even a veterinary license to do so.

Ten things about cats

EVERYWHERE – I am not a cat lover; I'm a dog person, which probably should read ‘dog’s person’, except I no longer have a dog or two. But I am left with a one-eyed, crooked-teeth black cat officially called SwchartzenKat (or similar), but whom his few friends (all of whom speak Spanish) call Piss-Piss because that's how they call their cats hereabouts: psss-psss, which would make me feel as though I need a diuretic ... Anyway, here are ten things you may be interested in knowing about these superior felines you so much appreciate: