#Dogs

The police on Thursday morning urged caution after a dog walked onto the motorway between Nicosia and Kokkinotrimithia, near the Pournara migrant reception centre. According to the police, the dog ...

Animal Rescue Cyprus (ARC) is appealing to the public for support amid an ongoing shortage of volunteers and an ongoing legal dispute over the land housing the shelter in Paphos. ...

Firefighters rescued a dog from an eight-metre deep water pit in Ergates, Nicosia on Wednesday. The fire service said they used specialised equipment, including a tripod and rescue gear, to ...

On a hillside above Peyia, there is a villa which looks rather like any of the others, but if you enter inside take care not to trip over people doing ...

The cost of owning an unsterilised dog should be significantly higher in order to compel owners to proceed with sterilisation, the president of animal welfare organisation “Rights For Animals”, Chrysso ...

The Cyprus Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Federation on Tuesday expressed strong concern and dissatisfaction over the dog law passed by parliament on April 2. The federation called on President Nikos Christodoulides ...

After our recent piece ‘Why Cyprus needs its cats and dogs’ on the island’s relationship with our felines and canines (Cyprus Mail, February 9), canine behaviour consultant Nick Ravignat got ...

The Green party of Cyprus demanded a full investigation on Tuesday after several dogs were found dead in an unfenced water reservoir inside the Astromeritis buffer zone, lambasting the incident ...

A change to how cats and dogs are protected across Europe is on the horizon, and Cyprus has just a few years to get ready. Recent discussions at the House ...

A proposal to grant institutional recognition to guide dogs triggered sharp disagreements on Monday during discussions at the House human rights committee. The bill, submitted by Ecologist MP Charalambos Theopemptou, ...

It’s not often you meet a dog who has seen more of the world than the average person, but Oli is no ordinary dog. A compact, good-natured mix of ...

Around 2,000 animals at the Paphos animal shelter are at risk of losing their home after private landowners requested the return of the property where the shelter is based, manager Irene ...

The government will allocate €100,000 for the spaying and neutering of dogs, triple the budget for spaying and neutering cats – from €100,000 to €300,000 – as well as €150,000 towards the creation of a regional ...

‘There will be major unrest if this goes ahead. When I heard it, I thought it was a joke’ A controversial rule limiting the number of dogs per household in ...

With temperatures ranging above 40 degrees Celsius on a regular basis, summer is in full swing. While we cool off with cold drinks, air conditioning and beach days, our animal companions ...

Responding to criticism over the alleged removal of cats from its coastal front and prohibiting dogs from walking on the pedestrian path with a sign, the municipality of Paralimni-Dherynia said ...

New legislation on the welfare of hunting dogs constitutes “an important step towards a clear and functional legal framework regarding the proper operation of private hunting dog exercise areas and ...

Lucky is one of many unwanted dogs in Cyprus abandoned to roam the streets, left to fate, to maybe live, maybe die. Some are hit by cars, some are shot ...

Public access to dog-friendly beaches in Cyprus is severely limited and basic facilities are lacking, the Cyprus Animal Party warned on Tuesday. In a formal letter to the chairman of ...

The House environment committee on Wednesday issued a warning to caregivers, breeders and dog trainers following several reported cases of tapeworm (echinococcus) in Kampos tis Tsakistras, in the Nicosia district. “...

I found them on the hills of Pentalia. Two bodies, stiff, discarded as if they had never lived, as if their devotion had meant nothing. Hunting dogs, once valued for ...

Two dogs were rescued from a 20 metre pit in the Larnaca village of Anafotias, the fire department said on Sunday. Fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis said on X that the ...

Environmental experts on the British bases have registered four cases of dog and fox poisonings through poisoned baits in the Akrotiri and Episkopi area within the last three months. The ...

Environment Commissioner Antonia Theodosiou on Tuesday spreading awareness for animal adoption during the holiday period, underlining a dog is not just for Christmas. She was speaking to students from the ...