#animal welfare

On an island known for its mistreatment of animals, will attitudes ever change? ALIX NORMAN meets the pup whose journey has started a local revolution There’s a law that ...

The Animal Party expressed its “disgust and outrage” on Friday after images surfaced of kittens which had been “brutally tortured and killed” in a cemetery in Larnaca. “There can be ...

Political parties and organisations around Cyprus on Wednesday honoured World Animal Day, with calls on the public to get involved and take more initiatives to protect animals. Akel issued a ...

The British bases police said a dog rescued in Avgorou last week has been handed over to the person that discovered her. Tasos Matheou spotted the small dog trapped in ...

Hunters are the main culprits in abandoning dogs, according to the Cyprus Environmental Movement which said on Thursday that 85-90 per cent of abandoned dogs are of hunting breeds. The ...

The veterinary services on Wednesday detailed the procedure for getting cat-covid medicine, after cabinet last week approved the use of covid meds for humans to be repurposed for cats. The ...

Human treatments for Covid that remain unused are to be made available for the treatment of cats who are increasingly dying from cat covid or feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), the ...

The British Veterinary Association (BVA), has posted a statement on its website, calling on UK visitors to the island to take precautions against cat covid or feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). ...

The Green party on Wednesday condemned inaction from authorities that lead to a man and his friends killing an ox near the centre at Drymou village. According to the party, ...

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 ...