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Royal Decree Issued in Spain Over Animal Welfare

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But some industry experts doubt Spain, a nation which has an unemployment rate above 20% and a stagnant economy, can afford to pay out €300m to farmers. Others have suggested that the amount of money allocated would only be enough to assist half the Spanish egg industry to convert.

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Las Terrazas de Dana Boutique Lodge & Spa

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We want to help the birding tourism industry come back strong from the COVID pandemic. David Brito (from Canary Islands, Spain), started operations with our hotel on 14th February 2015 and very fast positioned in Mindo because of our superb infrastructure and top-notch service.

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White Storks Everywhere

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So, yes, it was Spain. Specifically, rural northwestern Spain, at various points along the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrimage route to the supposed burial place of Saint James the apostle and, before that, to the westernmost point in continental Europe, the supposed End of the Earth, the Finis Terra.

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"Educate, Investigate, Liberate"

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We are currently doing an investigation on pig farms in Spain, including intensive and extensive/free-range farms (tho extensive ones are scarce since intensive ones are the majority in the industry). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Abolition Animal Rights Pig slaughter Spain Veganism.

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Birding the Bear Mountain of Serbia

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Chamois is an agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus. In a second, it disappeared into trees, down towards a rocky gorge, but not before I spotted it. Yes, yes, I know, not countable – it’s not a bird.

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Catalonian Spring

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In the end, it was birding that has taken him from his native Serbia, across the Balkans and Turkey, to the very borders of the Old World: East Anglia and Spain, southern Africa and India, where he chased that country’s rarest owl. Trips Catalonia Europe Spain' We look forward to many more missives from Dragan. Llobregat Delta.

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Birding Beautiful

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I can go weeks birding landfill rubbish tips, looking for gulls or wandering through former industrial sites, often dotted with the things that everyday folk left behind, that make up many of my regular birding haunts. There is beauty in these places but sometimes I have to look hard to find it.

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