#animal welfare

The veterinary services have opened up the application process for funding and are now accepting requests from animal welfare organisations for state sponsorship, the ministry of agriculture announced on Tuesday. ...

Vets on Sunday made a final appeal to the government to buy medicines to treat Feline Infectious Peritonitis – FIP – otherwise known as cat Covid – a disease currently killing off large ...

Livestock farmers fed up with stray and unsupervised dogs on Friday said they have filed official complaints with the authorities. Farmers in the Peyia-Akoursos area on Thursday reported that over ...

A wide-ranging bill which seeks to completely overhaul dog ownership regulations threatens harsh spot fines of up to €300, but animal rights groups question whether it will be enforced. Don’t ...

A Chihuahua had to be treated by a vet after someone threw a caustic substance, possibly sulfuric acid, on the pet, it emerged on Sunday. Despite a statement by the ...

A struggling local animal welfare organisation is selling books to pay for vet services and says its financial situation is as “tragic” as in 2013 economic crisis. Protecting Animals Without Shelter (...

A 70-year-old man that tied a dog to the back of a vehicle and dragged it along a road is expected to be arrested and released, police said on Saturday, ...

A pack of dogs has been attacking and killing cats at the Pedieos linear park in Nicosia, a volunteer warned on Wednesday, urging the public to be careful. The first ...

The government should take necessary action to boost the short-staffed animal police, the animal party said on Saturday after attending a police event informing pet owners of their legal obligations ...

By Charalampos Theopemptou In Cyprus we have far too many stray cats running around and causing a lot of damage to wildlife. This is because no government up to now ...

Caring for animals is not a secondary issue, presidential candidate Averof Neophytou said on Friday during a visit to a cat-feeding station in Aglandjia in Nicosia. The feeding station has ...

Two men, two dogs are on a mission – to put an end to animal poisoning She pauses, sniffs again, then stops. Sofie then sits, stock-still. This is the cue for ...

The agriculture ministry on Tuesday defended its actions over animal welfare, saying that concerns by the Cyprus Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (CSPCA) were understandable but completely ...

Efforts to build a taverna on the grounds of Larnaca’s Hala Sultan Tekke mosque ignited a backlash from animal welfare activists and the Turkish Cypriot religious endowment foundation, Evkaf. ...

Strovolos has been graced with a second dog park, aimed at smaller breeds, as the municipality said the public had demanded more spaces for our furry friends. The mayor inaugurated ...

Hundreds of animals are being poisoned on a daily basis and the stray dog crisis is worse than ever, according to the Cyprus Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ...

A second dog park will open in Strovolos with interactive toys specifically designed for small dogs, the municipality announced on Tuesday. The new dog park, located within Acropolis park, will ...

Keeping animals in cages is part of an “outdated” mentality, the Animal Party said on Saturday in a memorandum to the Limassol mayor demanding the closure of the local zoo. ...

The Animal Party is organising a protest on January 8 outside the Kantou community leader’s offices, after a poisoned dog seen crying on the street was ignored for 24 hours. It ...

The Green Party on Wednesday urged people to donate everything they can to volunteer organisations caring for stray cats and dogs. In a statement, the party said shelters all over ...

The Limassol municipality has expressed its deepest regrets after a deer housed at the municipal zoo was found dead on December 9. In a statement, the municipality said that an autopsy ...

Environmental groups on Tuesday called for more to be done to protect stray animals in Cyprus, with the Greens calling for food, and the Animal Party saying cat sterilisations need ...

Two dogs that were found in a 17-metre pit used to deposit carcasses of other animals are recovering in a private vet clinic, police said on Wednesday. The dogs were ...

Two dogs were rescued alive from a pit they were found in on Monday afternoon in the Larnaca area, police told the Cyprus Mail. The two dogs were found in ...