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Trap Neuter Return – Harbour Cats Puerto del Carmen

A friend and I trapped one of the feral kittens from the cat colony in the Old Town Harbour in Puerto del Carmen yesterday, took it to the vet to be neutered, and returned it to its familiar surroundings today. Here it is reunited with its mum and litter mates (licking the vet stench off its fur!).

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STOP Animal Mistreatment, Abandonment and Neglect in the Canary Islands

Finally! A useful website that will help you make a denuncia regarding mistreated or abandoned animals in Spain! Here in Lanzarote and the Canary Islands it´s particularly bad because nobody seems to be enforcing the law. The site is in Spanish only. http://yodenuncio.pacma.es/

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SARA Lanzarote Animal Shelter Open Day – Promoting Adoptions

Our local animal shelter had an open day today to promote adoptions of pet dogs and cats. The event was incredibly well attended, but as I am more interested in socialising with kitties (and dogs too, but they tire me out too much!), most of the photos featured here are of — yes you guessed…

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My Article on Catster.com: The Feral Cats of Lanzarote

Woot! Fame at last! I have been published. 😉 Recently Catster emailed me asking me why I don´t write for them? So as a first effort, naturally, I chose the subject of the feral kitties on the island I live on and the charity work that 9 Lives Lanzarote does. I hope you enjoy reading…

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Hot Surfer Babe supports No Oil Canarias Action

With Repsol and 2 other oil multinationals on our doorsteps and ready to drill into the ocean floor unless we stop them (and we bloody well WILL!), we are getting a lot of support from all over the place, including this cute, blonde surfer babe…. NO to Oil in the Canary Islands – Sign the…

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NO! To Oil in the Canary Islands

There has been no recent news that I have heard of regarding the proposed Repsol oil platforms off the coasts of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.   However, the protests continue, with the next event being a “human chain“, organised for 17:00 hrs on 26th May 2012 in Arrecife, starting at the Cabildo and along Playa Reducto….

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Aloe Cooling Gel for Fibromyalgia Pains

I have tried probably dozens of different creams, gels and sprays over the years as painkilling agents for muscle pain stemming from fibromyalgia.  From natural remedies to “medicine” prescribed by my GP (i.e. Ibuprofen gel), none of them have actually helped much. So I am rather surprised and pleased that I have finally found one…

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