News & Updates

Festejos populares

Municipalities in Spain finance popular bull festivals with 42 million euros annually

Madrid, España. AnimaNaturalis and CAS International have launched a pioneering investigation in Spain that reveals an estimate of the expenses incurred in 2019 by the 1,820 municipalities that organize and finance this type of festival. 22% of Spanish municipalities hold some type of popular bull festival each year, with the majority concentrated in the Valencian Community, Castilla y León, and Castilla-La Mancha.

Martes 5 de septiembre de 2023

Piscifactorías

We present a resource to know the status of Nueva Pescanova permits

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España. The lack of transparency regarding the status of the necessary permits for the installation of the first industrial octopus farm in Las Palmas has meant that we must file a contentious-administrative appeal before the Court of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Martes 1 de agosto de 2023

Festejos populares

A bull collapses and bullfighting fans try to prevent the incident from being filmed

Morella, España. AnimaNaturalis and CAS International documented this weekend a contest where the horns of several bulls were lit with fire, in Morella (Castellón, Spain). Two bulls suffered accidents that, despite the censorship and aggression that the public tried, could be recorded.

Lunes 24 de julio de 2023

Festejos populares

Teruel fails to protect children and animals

Teruel, España. AnimaNaturalis and CAS recorded the animal suffering in Teruel and the exposure of children to this cruelty during the festivities of La Vaquilla.

Martes 18 de julio de 2023

Festejos populares

We document the anguish of 12 bulls roped in the Teruel traditions

Teruel, España. AnimaNaturalis and CAS International witnessed in Teruel 12 bulls forced to run in suffocating heat to close La Vaquilla 2023. Tied by the head, the animals stumbled several times on the garbage-filled asphalt and had to endure constant abuse from the public.

Martes 18 de julio de 2023

Festejos populares

Dénia is once again the center of animal torture

Dénia, España. The bulls we throw into the sea are still legal in the Valencian Community, and Dénia is where they are most popular. For this reason, AnimaNaturalis and CAS International return to that town to document the martyrdom of the bulls in the name of tradition.

Lunes 10 de julio de 2023

Tauromaquia

This is the face of suffering on the first day of bullfighting in San Fermín

Pamplona, España. Oloroso, Hípico, Sonámbulo, Rascatripas, Fundidor, Ofuscado, Legionario and Ibicenco. These are the names of the steers that were tortured and killed on the first date of Pamplona's Feria del Toro, which inaugurates the bullfights that will be held during San Fermín.

Jueves 6 de julio de 2023

General

¡We celebrate at AnimaNaturalis 15 years in Mexico!

Ciudad de México, México. In this 2023 we have a double celebration, in March it marks 20 years since our organization was established in Barcelona, Spain, by Leonora Esquivel and Francisco Vázquez Neira, and in May we celebrate 15 years of having a presence in México.

Lunes 22 de mayo de 2023

Caza y pesca deportiva

The horror of hunting with dogs in Spain exposed

Madrid, España. We expose the horror hidden in the monterías, one of the most characteristic and perhaps most brutal modalities in Spain. The use given to dogs in this activity is prohibited in practically the entire European Union.

Domingo 23 de abril de 2023

Piscifactorías

Study estimates that over 171 billion fish are slaughtered every year in fish farms

Madrid, España. While 124 billion fish die annually in fish farms under conditions of systemic torture, the industry reduces them to “biomass” to obscure their suffering. Science confirms their sentience, but 72% lack legal protection at the time of slaughter. The FAO is complicit by omitting individual counts.

Lunes 6 de febrero de 2023

Animales para Vestir

AnimaNaturalis exposes the hidden reality of mink farms in Spain

Madrid, España. AnimaNaturalis documented five mink farms located in Galicia and Castilla y León in the winters of 2020 and 2021. The images show animals with stereotypes, lack of hygiene, environmental contamination and a slaughter recorded with a hidden camera.

Jueves 19 de enero de 2023

Granjas Industriales

The cruel truth about the Spanish turkey farms

Madrid, España. AnimaNaturalis reveals an undercover investigation that took place between 2021 and 2022, exposing the detrimental conditions turkeys must endure in Spanish factory farms.

Miércoles 21 de diciembre de 2022

Festejos populares

AnimaNaturalis denounces irregularities in the Toro Jubilo de Medinaceli

Medinaceli, España. Last Tuesday we filed a complaint with the Territorial Delegation of the Government of Castilla y León in Soria for violations of the Regulation.

Jueves 17 de noviembre de 2022

Festejos populares

A bull collapses exhausted after being hit with fire in Medinaceli

Medinaceli, España. The bull, which came out already with a bloody mouth and panting, collapsed after 48 minutes and ended up collapsing. From AnimaNaturalis we denounce the Toro Jubilo organization and request a veterinary report to find out the details about the death of the animal and assess further actions. The municipality and the media celebrate the development of the show "without incidents".

Domingo 13 de noviembre de 2022

Caza y pesca deportiva

This is how hunting dogs live in Spain

Madrid, España. During the years 2021-2022, AnimaNaturalis and CAS International documented 29 dog kennels used for hunting. During the investigation, we found animals living in their own excrement, with dirty or frozen water, exposed to inclement weather and with stereotypes produced by captivity.

Jueves 13 de octubre de 2022